The Dinosaur Hunters by Deborah Cadbury

In “The Dinosaur Hunters” Deborah Cadbury recreates the remarkable story of the bitter rivalry between two Gideon Mantell uncovered giant bones in a Sussex quarry, became obsessed with the lost world of the reptiles and was driven to despair. Richard Owen, a brilliant anatomist, gave the extinct creatures their name and secured for himself unrivalled international acclaim.