Writers who changed history
2024
Book
This stunning visual celebration of the world's most celebrated novelists, poets, and playwrights tells the fascinating stories of their lives and works. Lavishly illustrated with portraits of each writer, alongside photographs of their homes and studies, and personal artefacts, along with pages from original manuscripts, first editions and their correspondence, Writers Who Changed History offers a unique window into the personalities of each individual, and their key ideas, themes, and literary techniques.
Main title:
Writers who changed history / foreword by James Naughtie ; [contributors, Kay Celtel [and 10 others]].
Author:
Celtel, Kay, authorNaughtie, James, 1951-, writer of foreword
Edition:
Second edition.
Imprint:
London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2024.©2024
Collation:
368 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.Includes index."Previously published as Writers: Their Lives and Works"--Back cover.
ISBN:
9780241632918 (hbk)9780241632918 (hardback)
Dewey class:
809
Language:
English
BRN:
877892
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southbank Library | -Literature | LITER 809 WRIT | On reserve shelf at Library at the Dock |