# Literary Places - Hardcover

by **Sarah Baxter** (Author), **Amy Grimes** (Illustrator)

**_Inspired Traveller's Guides: Literary Places_ takes you on an enlightening journey through the key locations of literature's best and brightest authors, movements and moments - brought to life through comprehensively researched text and stunning hand-drawn artwork.**

Travel journalist Sarah Baxter provides comprehensive and atmospheric outlines of the **history and culture of 25 literary places around the globe**, as well as how they intersect with the **lives of the authors** and the works that make them significant. **Full-page colour illustrations** instantly transport you to each location. You'll find that these places are not just backdrops to the tales told, but characters in their own right.

Travel to the sun-scorched plains of Don Quixote's La Mancha, roam the wild Yorkshire moors with Cathy and Heathcliff or view Central Park through the eyes of **J.D. Salinger**'s antihero. Explore the lush and languid backwaters of **Arundhati Roy**'s Kerala, the imposing precipice of **Joan Lindsay**'s Hanging Rock and the labyrinthine streets and sewers of **Victor Hugo**'s Paris.

Featured locations:  
Paris, _Les Miserables_  
Dublin, _Ulysses_  
Florence, _A Room with a View_  
Naples, _My Brilliant Friend_  
Berlin, _Berlin Alexanderplatz_  
Nordland, _Growth of the Soil_  
St Petersburg, _Crime and Punishment_  
Sierra de Guadarrama, _For Whom the Bell Tolls_  
La Mancha, _Don Quixote_  
Davos, _The Magic Mountain_  
Bath, _Northanger Abbey and Persuasion_  
London, _Oliver Twist_  
Yorkshire Moors, _Wuthering Heights_  
Cairo, _Palace Walk_  
Soweto, _Burger's Daughter_  
Kerala, _The God of Small Things_  
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), _The Quiet American_  
Kabul, _The Kite Runner_  
Hanging Rock, _Picnic at Hanging Rock_  
New York, _The Catcher in the Rye_  
Monterey, _Cannery Row_  
Mississippi River, _Adventures of Huckleberry Finn_  
Monroeville, _To Kill a Mockingbird_  
Cartagena, _Love in the Time of Cholera_  
Chile, _The House of the Spirits_

Delve into this book to discover some of the world's most fascinating literary places and the novels that celebrate them.

Each book in the **Inspired Traveller's Guides series** offers readers a fascinating, informative and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations round the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: _Artistic Places_ (March 2021), _Spiritual Places_, _Hidden Places_ and _Mystical Places_.

### Author Biography

**Sarah Baxter** grew up in Norfolk, England and now lives in Bath. Her passion for travel and the great outdoors saw her traverse Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the United States before settling into a writing career. She was Associate Editor of _Wanderlust_ magazine, the bible for independent-minded travellers, for more than ten years and has also written extensively on travel for a diverse range of other publications, including the _Guardian_, the _Telegraph_ and the _Independent_ newspapers. Sarah has also contributed to more than a dozen _Lonely Planet_ guidebooks.

**Amy Grimes** is an illustrator based in London. Drawing inspiration from nature and the natural world, Amy's work often features bright and bold illustrated motifs, floral icons and leafy landscapes. As well as working on commissioned illustrations, Amy also sells prints, textiles and stationery under the brand of Hello Grimes.

Sarah is the author of the first book in the _Inspired Traveller's Guide_ series, _Spiritual Places_, as well as _A History of the World in 500 Walks_ and _A History of the World in_ _500 Railway Journeys._

**Number of Pages:** 144

**Dimensions:** 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** March 05, 2019

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