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Description for Cambridge
Paperback. In this work, Martin Garrett explores the buildings and streets of Cambridge, revealing the literature, history and personalities of this culturally rich city. Num Pages: 266 pages, 30ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; HBJD1; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
From its origins in the 13th century the University of Cambridge has attracted many notable students and teachers, both brilliant and eccentric. From Erasmus to Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein, the university has been at the forefront of philosophical inquiry. Actors and directors like Sir Ian Mckellen and Sir Peter Hall have earned Cambridge a reputation for theatrical excellence, while the colleges have been home to an extraordinary list of poets, including Milton and Wordsworth, Byron and Tennyson, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. During the 20th century the city surrounding the university grew rapidly as a once small fenland town ... Read more
From its origins in the 13th century the University of Cambridge has attracted many notable students and teachers, both brilliant and eccentric. From Erasmus to Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein, the university has been at the forefront of philosophical inquiry. Actors and directors like Sir Ian Mckellen and Sir Peter Hall have earned Cambridge a reputation for theatrical excellence, while the colleges have been home to an extraordinary list of poets, including Milton and Wordsworth, Byron and Tennyson, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. During the 20th century the city surrounding the university grew rapidly as a once small fenland town ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781902669793
SKU
V9781902669793
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Ref
99-50
About Garrett
Martin Garrett has written widely on Renaissance and nineteenth-century literature. he is the author of "Venice: a cultural and literary companion" (Signal, 2000). He has lived and worked in cambridge since 1994.
Reviews for Cambridge
"...an extravaganza of literary erudition. The book is also remarkable for enticing bits of information - that a secret tunnel connects the wine cellars of the two St John's Colleges in Cambridge and Oxford, and that the dons meet annually for a glass of madeira underneath Stansted airport." History Today