From the Abbey to the Office: A Short Introduction to Reading and its Writers

Description

Reading is the source of the oldest polyphonic song in English, is associated with the rise of the British novel, was a source of inspiration for our greatest war poet and is the birthplace of England’s finest comic writer of the 21st century. This book follows the traces of those writers who had some connection with the town. Illustrated with portraits of writers and their locations.

Dennis Butts and illustrated by Martin Andrews. Paperback, 210 x 135 mm, 50 pages, October 2008.