Book Lover's Guide to London (Sarah Milne)(Paperback / softback)

Many of the greatest names in literature have visited or made their home in the colorful and diverse metropolis of London. From Charles Dickens to George Orwell, Virginia Woolf to Bernadine Evaristo, London's writers have bought the city to life through some of the best known and loved stories and characters in fiction.
This book takes you on an area-by-area journey through London to discover the stories behind the stories told in some of the most famous novels, plays and poems written in, or about, the city.
* Find out which poet almost lost one of his most important manuscripts in a Soho pub.
* Discover how Graham Greene managed to survive the German bomb that destroyed his Clapham home.
* Climb down the dingy steps from London Bridge to Thames path below and imagine how it felt to be Nancy trying to save Oliver Twist, only to then meet her own
více informací a parametry