London: An Illustrated Literary Companion

Informationen zum Autor Rosemary Gray, who has worked in publishing for many years, has edited a number of collections of short stories, poems and quotations. She is the compiler of London: An illustrated Literary Companion and the Alice in Wonderland Everlasting Diary. Rosemary Gray, who has worked in publishing for many years, has edited a number of collections of short stories, poems and quotations. She is the compiler of London: An illustrated Literary Companion and the Alice in Wonderland Everlasting Diary. Rosemary Gray, who has worked in publishing for many years, has edited a number of collections of short stories, poems and quotations. She is the compiler of London: An illustrated Literary Companion and the Alice in Wonderland Everlasting Diary. Klappentext Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. 'When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.' Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) London: An Illustrated Literary Companion , compiled by Rosemary Gray, captures the varying moods of the great city of London over recent centuries, through diary entries, with quotations, poems, essays and extracts from great works written in its honour. It is beautifully illustrated with drawings and engravings from distinguished artists, including Gustave Doré, George Cruikshank, James McNeill Whistler and Hugh Thomson as well as contemporary prints and photographs. 'I don't know what London's coming to - the higher the buildings the lower the morals.' Noël Coward (1899-1973) A fascinating literary overview of London through the centuries. Zusammenfassung A fascinating literary overview of London through the centuries....

Product details

• Authors: Rosemary Gray
• Assisted by: Rosemar Gray (Editor), Rosemary Gray (Editor)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781509827688
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-2768-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 105 mm x 160 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > Europe; London, Greater London, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Anthologies: general, Fiction: general and literary, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literature: history and criticism, Classic fiction: general and literary