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Writers' relationships with their surroundings are seldom straightforward. While some, like Jane Austen and Thomas Mann, wrote novels set where they were staying (Lyme Regis and Venice respectively), Victor Hugo penned Les Miserables in an attic in Guernsey and Noel Coward wrote that most English of plays, Blithe Spirit, in the Welsh holiday village of Portmeirion.
Award-winning BBC drama producer Adrian Mourby follows his literary heroes around the world, exploring 50 places where great works of literature first saw the light of day. At each destination- from the Bronte's Yorkshire Moors to the New York of Truman Capote, Christopher Isherwood's Berlin to the now-legendary Edinburgh cafe where J.K. Rowling plotted Harry Potter's first adventures- Mourby explains what the writer was doing there and describes what the visitor can find today of that great moment in literature.
Rooms of Ones Own takes you on a literary journey from the British Isles to Paris, Berlin, New Orleans, New York and Bangkok and unearths the real-life places behind our best-loved works of literature.
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About the Author
Adrian Mourby was an award-winning BBC drama producer before turning to full-time writing. He has published three novels, two AA travel guides and a book of humour based on his Sony Award-winning Radio 4 series Whatever Happened To...? In recent years Adrian has won two Italian awards for his travel journalism. He also writes extensively on opera and has produced operas by Mozart, Handel and Purcell, both in the UK and in Europe.
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'A fine selection of quick essays concerning where great writers wrote.' -- Bookbag 'A valuable little book that should really be treasured for providing huge amounts of insight without the reader having to go anywhere at all.' -- The Page Printed 'Adrian Mourby has a delightful way about him. His writing is warm and characterful.' -- Outlet 'Insightful & beautifully packaged.' -- Bookwitty 'The content of this book is really awesome.' -- Nashy Books 'This is a lovely little book to sit down with and fly around the world from your armchair.' -- Butterfly Elephant 'What kind of place makes us creative? Adrian Mourby has examined the rooms where thoughts and characters were born that still resonate across the ages. A fascinating study.' Julian Fellowes '[Adrian Mourby's books are] indispensible holiday companions.' Monocle magazine
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1785783386
- ISBN 13 9781785783388
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