Literary Landscapes: Great Britain And Ireland

A book for readers, writers, romantics, and lovers of all things literary, "Literary Landscapes" features a wealth of wonderful walking tours. Follow the path of Jane Austen or one of her characters on the streets of Bath; wend your way along the River Liffey in Dublin with James Joyce's Leopold Bloom; take a rowboat rise with Lewis Carroll on the Thames just as he and Alice Liddell once did. The estimate length of walks and their difficulty levels are provided. Illustrations. Maps.

Lynn Franco's Literary Landscapes is for readers, writers, romantics, and lovers of all things literary, but above all, it will be a source of special pleasure to the tourist of Great Britain and Ireland. Sit down with this book for a few moments and you will, in the words of W. B. Yeats, want to "arise and go now, and go to Innisfree", or to any other of the literary sites described.

Walk alongside Jane Austen or one of her characters on the streets of Bath, or wend your way along the River Liffey in Dublin with James Joyce's Leopold Bloom. Take a rowboat ride with Lewis Carroll on the Thames just as he and Alice Lyddel once did, inspiring the much beloved Alice in Wonderland. In the Lake District, Literary Landscapes will guide you on the paths that Dorothy and William Wordsworth once walked along, enjoying "daffodils so beautiful...(they) seemed as if they verily laughed with the wind that blew upon them over the lake". In Wales, the poetry of Dylan Thomas will accompany you as you explore "the Uplands" of Swansea and see the places he knew as a boy and young man.

The estimated length of walks and their difficulty level are provided.