For the Love of Books

A Celebration of the Written Word

Graham Tarrant (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2018
Summersdale Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-78685-270-0 (ISBN)

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From banned books to feuding authors, from literary felons to rejected masterpieces, from tips for aspiring writers to stand-out book lists, this treasure trove of compelling facts, riveting anecdotes and extraordinary characters is every book-lover’s dream: a book about books and the people who write them. Read all about it!

Do you know…

Which famous author died of caffeine poisoning?
Why Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was banned in China?
Who was the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Banned books, feuding authors, literary felons, rejected masterpieces – it’s all in these pages, along with tips for aspiring writers and lists of the most iconic works. A treasure trove of compelling facts, riveting anecdotes and extraordinary characters, this is every book-lover’s dream: a book about books and the people who write them. Read on!

Graham Tarrant is a former publisher and the author of more than 30 books, on subjects ranging from cinema to cricket. He is also the editor of several anthologies. He lives in a Wiltshire village, near Bath.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.03.2018
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 204 mm
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-78685-270-5 / 1786852705
ISBN-13	978-1-78685-270-0 / 9781786852700
Zustand	Neuware