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Britain by the Book : A Curious Tour of Our Literary Landscape by Oliver Tearle (2019, Hardcover)
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What caused Dickens to leap out of bed one night and walk 30 miles from London to Kent?.
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What caused Dickens to leap out of bed one night and walk 30 miles from London to Kent? How did a small town on the Welsh borders become the second-hand bookshop capital of the world? Why did a jellyfish persuade Evelyn Waugh to abandon his suicide attempt in North Wales? A multitude of curious questions are answered in Britain by the Book , a fascinating travelogue with a literary theme, taking in unusual writers' haunts and the surprising places that inspired some of our favourite fictional locations. We'll learn why Thomas Hardy was buried twice, how a librarian in Manchester invented the thesaurus as a means of coping with depression, and why Agatha Christie was investigated by MI5 during the Second World War. The map of Britain that emerges is one dotted with interesting literary stories and bookish curiosities.Product Identifiers
PublisherHodder & Stoughton
ISBN-101473666015
ISBN-139781473666016
eBay Product ID (ePID)4046568365
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Book TitleBritain by the Book : a Curious Tour of Our Literary Landscape
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
TopicSpecial Interest / Literary, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Great Britain, Subjects & Themes / General
GenreTravel, Literary Criticism, History
AuthorOliver Tearle
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight12.7 oz.
Item Length8.8 in
Item Width5.4 in
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- 23 May, 2018
Informative and humerous
A lot of interest and details about authors that few know about and really quite funny, the book is very pleasant to read and the flows. A book I will read again and again.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
