Publisher's Synopsis
Caroline Taggart sets off on a tour of Europe to select 100 literary landmarks across the continent to describe and provide practical advice for visiting. Discover the inspirations in Austria for Mary Shelly and in Sweden for Astrid Lindgren; visit Cervantes' statue in Madrid dating back to 1835 and explore the French Riviera through the eyes of F. Scott Fitzgerald. The entries stretch from Homer in the eighth century BCE all the way to modern-day Scandi Noir, Sally Rooney's Dublin and Elena Ferrante's Naples.
Follow in the footsteps of Ernest Hemingway and James Baldwin in Paris and the route of Madame Bovary’s carriage ride in Rouen; visit the castle overlooking the Rhine valley that lends its name to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the secret annex in an Amsterdam house where Anne Frank wrote her diary; and finally relax in the restaurants and cafés frequented by Nordic-noir heroes such as Harry Hole and Kurt Wallander.
Travelling across the continent, this highly evocative guide takes in museums, cafés and bars, author residences, bookshops and cemeteries, as well as celebrating great cities such as Dublin, Venice and Berlin that have inspired so many writers.
Accompanied by colour destination photographs and illustrations, mainly from the British Library Collections.
The Book Lover’s European Bucket List is sure to encourage you to visit a new place, read a new book or, ideally, both.
