What would you do if you suddenly and unexpectedly inherited GBP17million? This is what happens to Andy Larkham, recently jilted lover, and resentfully underpaid publishing minion. Arriving late to the funeral of his favourite schoolteacher, he ends up in the wrong chapel with one other mourner, too[...]

When Nicholas Shakespeare stumbled across a box of documents belonging to his glamorous, mysterious late aunt, Priscilla, he was completely unaware of where this discovery would take him and what he would learn about her hidden past. Piecing together fragments of one woman's remarkable and tragic li[...]

Weaves the history of this island with stories featuring a cast of characters from Errol Flynn to the King of Iceland, a village full of Chat wins and, a family of Shakespeare's. What makes this more than a personal quest is Shakespeare's discovery that, despite the nineteen century purges, the Tasm[...]

Bruce Chatwin is one of the most significant British novelists and travel writers of our time. Comprising material collected from hundreds of contacts across five continents, this title includes Chatwin's letters that are a valuable record of one of the greatest and most enigmatic writers of the twe[...]

Gives an account of Bruce Chatwin's journey through Patagonia, where he searched for almost-forgotten legends, Butch Cassidy's log cabin, and the descendants of Welsh immigrants.[...]

Includes letters that give a synopsis of the author's changing interests and concerns throughout his life.[...]

The Everyman's Library edition of this classic account of an epic physical and spiritual journey across the outback--by the only Australian writer to win the Nobel Prize--has a full-cloth, quality hardcover binding with a silk ribbon marker, and includes a chronology and an introduction by Nicholas [...]

Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. How to Read is a new sort of introduction--a personal master class in reading--that brings you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history. In lucid[...]

From one of the twentieth century's most enduringly popular fiction writers: the only hardcover edition of his short stories. Though W. Somerset Maugham was also famous for his novels and plays, it has been argued that in the short story he reached the pinnacle of his art. These expertly told tales,[...]

Using secondary source material, this guide offers differing interpretations of Shakespeare's "Othello" - considered to be one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies. It aims to meet the needs of students on both interdisciplinary and single-honours courses.[...]