Treasured Island: A Book Lover's Tour of Britain
Frank Barrett
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Description for Treasured Island: A Book Lover's Tour of Britain
Hardcover. Inspired by the discovery of his childhood copy of Treasure Island, The Mail on Sunday's Frank Barrett embarks on a literary quest around Britain, from Eliot's East Coker to Austen's Bath, Winnie-the-Pooh's Hartfield to Dracula's Whitby. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 222 x 29. Weight in Grams: 450.
Inspired by the discovery of his childhood copy of Treasure Island, The Mail on Sunday's Frank Barrett embarks on a literary quest around Britain, from Eliot's East Coker to Austen's Bath, Winnie-the-Pooh's Hartfield to Dracula's Whitby. Armed with a lifetime of reading and his National Trust membership, Frank is on a personal odyssey through the Britain that has inspired so many writers to capture it in lines or verse, the homes they lived in, the museums that remember them. There will be rain, there will be truculent tour guides, there will be satnav misdemeanours (there may even be tuberculosis), but ... Read more
Inspired by the discovery of his childhood copy of Treasure Island, The Mail on Sunday's Frank Barrett embarks on a literary quest around Britain, from Eliot's East Coker to Austen's Bath, Winnie-the-Pooh's Hartfield to Dracula's Whitby. Armed with a lifetime of reading and his National Trust membership, Frank is on a personal odyssey through the Britain that has inspired so many writers to capture it in lines or verse, the homes they lived in, the museums that remember them. There will be rain, there will be truculent tour guides, there will be satnav misdemeanours (there may even be tuberculosis), but ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Aa Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
447g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780749577070
SKU
V9780749577070
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-11
About Frank Barrett
Frank Barrett is Travel Editor of Britain's biggest selling mid-market Sunday newspaper, The Mail on Sunday. He has written several travel books, including Where Was Wonderland, a guide to the real-life locations of classic children's books such as Anne of Green Gables and The Secret Garden, and is the winner of several Travel Writer of the Year awards, including the ... Read more
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