Dear Mr Murray - Letters to a Gentleman Publisher

Zusatztext As well as allowing us glimpses behind the public faces of some exalted authors! McClay has paid tribute here to a remarkable line whose shared name became synonymous with a sense of responsibility to their company! their authors and literature itself Informationen zum Autor David McClay is former senior curator of the John Murray Archive at the National Library of Scotland (2006-16) and now works at the University of Edinburgh. He is a trustee of Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott, and has been involved in numerous national and international exhibitions on Byron and other Romantic-era themes, on which subjects he also speaks and lecturers. A great letter enthusiast, David himself doesn't write as many letters as he should. Klappentext The 250th anniversary of the publishers John Murray is celebrated through this collection of letters from John Murray authors to their publisher. Features Charles Darwin, William Makepeace Thackeray, Patrick Leigh Fermor and many more.

Product details

• Authors: David McClay, McClay David
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.10.2019
• EAN: 9781473662704
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-6270-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Diaries, letters and journals