Karen Liebreich
Karen Liebreich, MBE, is an author, historian and gardener.
Biography
Liebreich was born in 1959 in London, and studied History at University College, London, before completing a PhD at Cambridge University. She worked as the cultural assistant at the French Institute in London, and then as a producer at the BBC and the History Channel, where she worked on historical documentaries. Between 2005-09, she ran a historic kitchen garden in Chiswick House, West London, and was the co-founder of Abundance London, a community garden project.[1] In 2013, she was awarded an MBE for services to horticulture and education [2]
Works
In 2004, Liebreich wrote Fallen Order, an expose of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in the 17th century.[3] While researching her doctorate, Liebreich discovered documents in the Vatican archives indicating that the Piarist Order, an order dedicated to providing education to poorer children, had covered up a sexual abuse scandal involving some of their priests.[4] This scandal subsequently contributed to the order's temporary suppression in 1646.
In 2006, Liebreich wrote The Letter in the Bottle about her research to identify the mother who wrote a message in a bottle to express her enduring grief over the death of her son at age 13.[5][6] The 2009 French translation received substantial media coverage in France[7] and was dramatized for a BBC Radio 4 Afternoon play in December 2012.[8]
In 2009, Liebreich wrote The Family Kitchen Garden, based on her experiences restoring and preserving a historic kitchen garden in the grounds of Chiswick House.[9]
Bibliography
- The Complete Skier: A Practical Guide for Skiers (ISBN 978-0563363804)
- Unexplained: Spine-Tingling Tales of Real Places Around the British Isles (ISBN 978-0330341059)
- Fallen Order: Intrigue, Heresy, and Scandal in the Rome of Galileo and Caravaggio (ISBN 978-0802142207)
- The Family Kitchen Garden: How to Plant, Grow, and Cook Together (ISBN 978-1604690507)
- The Letter in the Bottle (ISBN 978-1848875777)
References
- ↑ "www.abundancelondon.com". abundancelondon.com.
- ↑ "New Year honours 2013: the full list". the Guardian.
- ↑ "Fallen Order: Intrigue, Heresy, and Scandal in the Rome of Galileo and Caravaggio: Karen Liebreich: 9780802142207: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com.
- ↑ "Review: Fallen Order - A History by Karen Liebreich". the Guardian.
- ↑ "Message in a bottle: A heart-breaking tribute to a lost son found on a Kent beach". Daily Mail Online.
- ↑ Liebreich, Karen (June 27, 2010). "The mystery of the message in the bottle". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on June 30, 2010.
- ↑ Daoust, Phil (August 13, 2010). "I found a message in a bottle". The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016.
- ↑ "BBC Radio 4 afternoon play". Karen Liebreich.
- ↑ "The Family Kitchen Garden: How to Plant, Grow, and Cook Together: Karen Liebreich, Jutta Wagner, Annette Wendland: 9781604690507: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com.