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Informationen zum Autor 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 prestigious British Press Award for travel feature writing. Klappentext From the Travel Editor of the "Mail On Sunday", this is a book lover's journey around the landscapes that shaped and are shaped by Britain's literature. Looks at settings that inspired such works as "Kubla Khan, Lady Chatterley's Lover, One Hundred & One Dalmatians" and many others. Zusammenfassung 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.