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The Book Lover's European Bucket List

A Grand Tour of Literature
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Following the success of The Book Lover's Bucket List, Caroline Taggart sets off on a tour of Europe to select 100 literary landmarks across the continent, providing practical advice for visiting these inspiring locations. Discover the inspirations in Austria for Mary Shelly and in Sweden for... Read More
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Accompanied by colour destination photographs and illustrations, mainly from the British Library Collections, this book is sure to inspire real travel and vicarious vacations alike.

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Following the success of The Book Lover's Bucket List, Caroline Taggart sets off on a tour of Europe to select 100 literary landmarks across the continent, providing practical advice for visiting these inspiring locations. Discover the inspirations in Austria for Mary Shelly and in Sweden for Astrid Lindgren; visit Cervantes' statue in Madrid dating back to 1835 and explore the French Riviera through the eyes of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

The entries stretch from Homer in the eighth century BCE all the way to modern-day Scandi Noir, Sally Rooney's Dublin, and Elena Ferrante's Naples.

Accompanied by colour destination photographs and illustrations, mainly from the British Library Collections, this book is sure to inspire real travel and vicarious vacations alike. Lose yourself in the Venice of Thomas Mann, Edith Wharton, and Donna Leon, then retreat by train to the romantic streets of Verona in search of Romeo and Juliet.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780712354943

Publisher: British Library Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 16 May 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: British Library Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Caroline Taggart worked in publishing as an editor of popular non-fiction for thirty years before writing I Used to Know That, which became a Sunday Times bestseller. Her other books include The Book of English Place Names, A Slice of Britain: Around the Country by Cake and The Book Lover's Bucket List, which was published by the British Library in 2021.

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