The Writer's Map
An Atlas of Imaginary Lands
$46.80
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2026
Summary
The maps they love, the maps they use, the maps that set them dreaming: this is a spellbinding compendium of writers’ thoughts on the wild landscapes of their imagination.
Maps have the power to transport us, filled as they are with wonder and possibility. Here a team of internationally acclaimed writers and illustrators share their personal insights, encompassing not only the maps that appear in their books, but also the maps that have inspired them and the sketches …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500030875 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0500030871 |
| Author: | Huw Lewis-Jones |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 860g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 179mm x 255mm |
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Critics Review
Beautifully produced … A reminder that a map is far more than a means of plotting a route. Like a book, it can transport you. It can work magic * Daily Telegraph Travel, Book of the Year *
Fascinating * Financial Times, Books of the Year *
Absolutely gorgeous * Independent *
Huw Lewis-Jones
Dr. Huw Lewis-Jones is a historian of exploration with a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. He was formerly Curator at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, and the National Maritime Museum, London. His books include The Conquest of Everest (winner of the History Award at the Banff Mountain Festival), The Crossing of Antarctica, and Across the Arctic Ocean. He is the author, with Kari Herbert, of the bestseller Explorers’ Sketchbooks.
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