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Author:
Kate Kennedy, Hermione Lee
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Date:
March 17, 2020
A group of notable writersâincluding UK poet laureate Simon Armitage, Julian Barnes, Margaret MacMillan, and Jenny Uglowâcelebrate our fascination with the houses of famous literary figures, artists, composers, and politicians of the past.
What The Reviewers Say
... some of the best writing about the home that I’ve ever had the pleasure to read—and, crucially, loads of black-and-white photographs and illustrations.
Together with her fellow life-writer Kate Kennedy, Lee has co-edited a rich and eclectic collection of essays about the role houses play in people’s lives and our fascination with the homes of our creative heroes.
For much of the country, sheltering in place over the past three weeks has been a wearisome but essential civic duty.
Lee and Kennedy have selected weighty names, including Simon Armitage, Julian Barnes and Jenny Uglow, to excavate the domestic lives of past politicians, writers, artists and others.
