Imprint: Bodley Head
Published: 06/10/2005
ISBN: 9780370328393
Length: 112 Pages
Dimensions: 335mm x 14mm x 231mm
Weight: 922g
RRP: £25.00
Shirley Hughes' rich narrative paintings and finely observed line illustrations are interwoven with fascinating details, capturing the atmosphere of the era.
Stunning double-page spreads offer poignant snapshots of life, from an elegant Edwardian picnic to afternoon tea in the trenches during the First World War. Each spread is followed by a 'scrapbook' of the times, featuring fascinating details about domestic life and the events and innovations that shaped the modern world.
This is an intimate book of stories within stories, told from the author's own personal experience.
Imprint: Bodley Head
Published: 06/10/2005
ISBN: 9780370328393
Length: 112 Pages
Dimensions: 335mm x 14mm x 231mm
Weight: 922g
RRP: £25.00
Shirley Hughes has created a new kind of non-fiction with this combination of sketchbook and history book . . . The ecleticism of the drawings inescapably places the grave and the frivolous side by side, but the book offers not only a useful timeline but also a valuable guide to how history used to look
There is much to reflect on . . . This is a fascinating book for children and adults
A fascinating personal selection . . . One for the whole family to talk about
Richly narrative paintings and finely observed line illustrations are interwoven with fascinating details, capturing the atmosphere of an extraordinarily exciting era
Brings the past to life in a new way