Description
Jonathan Keates's passion for collecting historic guidebooks has resulted in a beguiling work of cultural archaeology, which explores the experience of travel for the British before the First World War. Unlike Lucy Honeychurch in E.M.Forster's A Room with a View, he revels in Baedeker, Murray and other Victorian examples, taking us on a poignant, funny and often revealing tour through this undiscovered genre.
About the Author
Jonathan Keates is a regular contributor to a number of newspapers and journals, including The Observer and the Times Literary Supplement. His latest work is a book of non-fiction, The Siege of Venice (2005), the story of Venice's last stand in 1848, against its Austrian rulers. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and teaches English at the City of London School.
Book Information
ISBN 9781907903021
Author Jonathan Keates
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint Notting Hill Editions
Publisher Notting Hill Editions
Weight(grams) 250g
Dimensions(mm) 190mm * 120mm * 15mm
About the Author
Jonathan Keates is a regular contributor to a number of newspapers and journals, including The Observer and the Times Literary Supplement. His latest work is a book of non-fiction, The Siege of Venice (2005), the story of Venice's last stand in 1848, against its Austrian rulers. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and teaches English at the City of London School.
Book Information
ISBN 9781907903021
Author Jonathan Keates
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint Notting Hill Editions
Publisher Notting Hill Editions
Weight(grams) 250g
Dimensions(mm) 190mm * 120mm * 15mm
