Literary Britain A Readers Guide To Its Writers & Landmarks

"Literary Britain hovers between a literary gazetteer and a touring guide; chatty, anecdotal, and rambling, the narrative follows in turn the six major roads radiating out from London into the farther reaches of England and Wales, detouring and poking about whenever a literary association lures the author off the high road. The material represents the gleanings of a half century of touring and raconteuring, in which time Mr. Morley has managed to accumulate an impressive store of literary lore and gossip. This is a pleasant, browsing sort of book, not for use along the highway itself but for route-planning and armchair traveling." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)