{"title":"Christina Hardyment","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristina Hardyment’s works explore the intricate interplay between place, history, and human experience. From the evocative landscapes of the Thames to the nuanced settings of crime scenes, her writing brings a vivid sense of atmosphere and cultural insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful narratives that blend elements of \u003cem\u003ecrime and thriller\u003c\/em\u003e with a keen eye for \u003cstrong\u003earts and culture\u003c\/strong\u003e, revealing the stories behind the scenes as much as those on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"novel-crime-scenes-by-christina-hardyment-9781851246410","title":"Novel Crime Scenes","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did a beautiful Georgian house inspire Agatha Christie's \u003ci\u003eDead Man's Folly\u003c\/i\u003e? Or a stretch of the East Anglian coast become the place in which a murder victim is discovered in P. D. James's \u003ci\u003eDevices and Desires\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNovel Crime Scenes\u003c\/i\u003e explores the landscapes of twenty crime novels in forensic detail. Beginning with the Devon moorland of \u003ci\u003eThe Hound of the Baskervilles\u003c\/i\u003e (1899) and ending with London's Brick Lane as described in Ajay Chowdhury's \u003ci\u003eThe Waiter\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), it ranges from John Buchan's Galloway Hills and Gwen Moffat's Cape Wrath to Ellis Peters's Shropshire, Margery Allingham's Essex, Colin Dexter's Oxford and Sam Llewellyn's Isles of Scilly. Each chapter also delves into the author's background and discovers what the setting of the book meant to them, often by following in the footsteps of Britain's best-known crime writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are an armchair detective or an intrepid investigator, this book will inspire you to appreciate old favourites with deeper insights and discover thrilling new literary destinations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288673992940,"sku":"9781851246410","price":57.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3019973482847.jpg?v=1770567664"},{"product_id":"writing-the-thames-by-christina-hardyment-9781851244508","title":"Writing the Thames","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThames aficionado Robert Gibbings once wrote that \"the quiet of an age-old river is like the slow turning of the pages of a well-loved book\". \u003cem\u003eWriting the Thames\u003c\/em\u003e tells a much-loved river's story through the remarkable prose, poetry and illustration that it has inspired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn eight themed chapters, it features historical events such as Julius Caesar's crossing in 55 BCE and Elizabeth I's stand against the Spanish at Tilbury. It explores the topographers who mapped, drew and painted the river, and the many congenial riverside retreats for authors ranging from Francis Bacon, Thomas More, and Alexander Pope to Thomas Love Peacock, William Morris, and Henry James.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA chapter on messing about in boats tells the story of William Hogarth's impulsive five-day river trip with four inebriated friends and features satirical novels making fun of frenetic rowers (\u003cem\u003eZuleika Dobson\u003c\/em\u003e) and young London men-about-town on camping holidays (\u003cem\u003eThree Men in a Boat\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe river has also inspired some of the best children's literature (\u003cem\u003eThe Wind in the Willows\u003c\/em\u003e), and naturalists such as Richard Jeffries and C.J. Cornish (\u003cem\u003eA Naturalist on the Thames\u003c\/em\u003e) have recorded the richness of its wildlife. But there are also dark undercurrents: Charles Dickens's use of its waters as a symbol of death, Sax Rohmer's Limehouse villain Dr Fu Manchu, and the many fictional criminals who dispose of corpses in its sinister depths in detective novels ranging from Sherlock Holmes to Inspector Morse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeautifully illustrated, this book celebrates the writers who have helped to make England's greatest river an enduring legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428468572396,"sku":"9781851244508","price":84.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781851244508.jpg?v=1774496571"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/christina-hardyment.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}