On the writer's trail - Christina Hardyment

Literary Trails, published by The National Trust in 2000, is a richly-illustrated, entertaining and informative read which provides a fascinating insight into the lives of some of Britain's greatest writers by focusing on the places where they lived and the landscapes, houses and gardens that inspired them. This companion volume, which features a wealth of new material, has been specially produced to provide a practical handbook version which can be used as a portable guide to help the reader retrace the steps of their literary heroes - on foot, by car, bicycle or boat. The twenty themed trails cover a wide variety of locations throughout the British Isles - from Hardy's Wessex, Jane Austen's Hampshire or the Lake District of Coleridge and Wordsworth, to the Cornish coastline which runs like a golden thread through the history of English literature, from the Arthurian romances of medieval times to the poetry of Tennyson and the novels of Virginia Woolf and Daphne du Maurier. This unique handbook provides the reader with the best of both worlds: a fund of background knowledge and insight into writers' lives and work, and a practical, easy-to-follow guidebook.;Each trail is illustrated by colour photographs and maps and contains detailed instructions for routes to follow. The book also contains a comprehensive gazetteer of all National Trust properties with literary connections.