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3rd edition. A fully revised classic guide to literary Britain and Ireland. With lifetime sales of over 55,000 copies, new authors include J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman and Monica Ali. Entries are now arranged by region for ease of reference, enabling the reader to explore the homes, haunts and inspirations of their favourite writers. Features around 1300 places, in a fresh and open new design.
Synopsis
The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain and Ireland lists almost 1,800 places: cities, towns, villages, districts and houses, where writers lived and worked, or were born, educated, or buried, and interweaves details of each location with anecdote and quotation.