{"product_id":"london-an-illustrated-literary-companion-9781035031689","title":"London: An Illustrated Literary Companion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exquisite time capsule of literary London which takes you on a captivating journey through the city.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon: An Illustrated Literary Companion\u003c\/i\u003e, compiled by Rosemary Gray, captures the varying moods of London over recent centuries, through diary entries, quotations, poems, essays and extracts from great works written in its honour. It is beautifully illustrated with drawings and engravings from distinguished artists, including Gustave Dor?, George Cruikshank, James McNeill Whistler and Hugh Thomson, as well as a variety of prints and photographs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart of the new MCL series of gorgeous pocket-sized travel paperbacks, featuring \u003ci\u003eParis: A Literary Anthology.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRosemary Gray is a lifelong London enthusiast, whose career has been in writing, editing and publishing. She has compiled collections of short stories, poems, fairy tales and essays for various publishers, and has created the \u003ci\u003eEverlasting Diary\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland Everlasting Diary\u003c\/i\u003e for the Macmillan Collector's Library. The gathering together of the material for this illustrated literary companion was a challenging task as so many artists have illustrated parts of the city and so many authors have written about London - many praising, many decrying - but the final presentation has achieved a balance of opinions and comments from a host of the famous and the less famous.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MacMillan Collector's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631856324882,"sku":"9781035031689","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_67511a22-c1e2-4931-aaa6-2d0ead21fb96.jpg?v=1732786048","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/london-an-illustrated-literary-companion-9781035031689","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}