The Spirit of Britain: An Illustrated Guide to Literary Britain - Hardcover

BRAND NEW FIRST EDITION 1994 Headline dust jacket hardcover, free tracking number, clean text, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library, smoke free; slight shelfwear / storage-wear; WE SHIP FAST. Carefully packed and quickly sent. 201605604 The Spirit of Britain is the first county guide to places in Britain which have inspired our greatest writers to unlock their secrets and ensure that we will never seem them in the same way again.Here is Daphne du Maurier's Cornwall, the Galloway of John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps, the Camusfearna of Gavin Maxwell's Ring of Bright Water, Thomas Hardy's Dorset, the Warwickshire of George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss, the Tintagel and Glastonbury of Arthurian myth, Dickens' London, and more. The Spirit of Britain is a guide for the literary detective, with maps and clear roadside instructions, and a delight for the armchair reader, with extracts from the novels, poems, stories and myths, and many specially commissioned photographs. Please choose Priority / Expedited shipping for faster delivery. (No shipping to Mexico, Brazil or Italy.) 3