The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland
By Dorothy Eagle.
Description
From Dickens' London and Joyce's Dublin, to Scott's Border Country and the real and imagined Wales of Dylan Thomas, this book is a companion for any journey around Britain and Ireland. Containing curious information and anecdotes, the gazeteer section lists 1,250 towns and villages, including 105 places new to this edition. There are also 137 extra names in the index of over 1,000 authors, including John Betjeman, Roald Dahl and Raymond Chandler. For each place there are details of who lived there, where they lived and what they wrote. There is also an index with biographies ...
ISBN(s)
0198691254, 9780198691259
