The Secret Library: A Book-lovers' Journey Through Curiosities of History - Rilegato

Tearle, Oliver

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ISBN 10: 1782435573 ISBN 13: 9781782435570

Casa editrice: Michael O'Mara Books, 2016

Riassunto

As well as taking in the well-known titles that have helped shape the world in which we live, The Secret Library brings to light more neglected items among the bookshelves of the world. As well as discussing Darwin’s groundbreaking On the Origin of Species, we’ll learn why that bestseller was outsold in Darwin’s own lifetime by his book on earthworms, and how Edgar Allan Poe’s biggest-selling title was a book on mollusks. We’ll learn about the forgotten Victorian novelist who outsold Dickens, how Sherlock Holmes’s famous illustrator got the job because of a clerical error, and how the word 'trilby"—taken from a Victorian novel—was originally applied to people’s feet before it became the name of a hat. The Secret Library brings these little-known stories to light, exploring the intersection between books of all kinds and the history of the Western world over 3,000 years.

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Recensione:

If Oliver Tearle's book is half as interesting as his website Interesting Literature, his Twitter feed and his Huffpost blog, it's going to be very interesting indeed (John Lloyd CBE, creator of QI)

A fascinating and engagingly genial stroll through several hundred years of literary anecdote and insight. Tearle is wonderfully good company as of course are the protagonists themselves (Simon Evans, comedian)

If you love books, you'll need this one (Daily Mail)

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As well as taking in the well-known titles that have helped shape the world in which we live, The Secret Library brings to light more neglected items among the bookshelves of the world.

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• Editore: Michael O'Mara Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1782435573
• ISBN 13: 9781782435570
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 256