When Publisher Norman Warne, who had fallen head over heels in love with his shy little author, responded with a proposal of marriage, Mr. Potter was horrified.

In 1906, Beatrix Potter acquired a farmhouse in the Lake District of England. A few months earlier, her fiancé, Norman Warne, had died, so she threw herself into working in her garden at Hill Top ...

The items in the house were given to Potter by her publisher Norman Warne for inspiration and feature in her book The Tale Of Two Bad Mice, in which characters Hunca Munca and Tom Thumb attempt to ...