Tennyson's Gift [Large Print] [Paperback]

Lynne Truss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2, 2005

A New York Times Bestselling Author

The bestselling author of Eats, Shoots & Leaves turns a fiendishly clever eye to the literary world. Tennyson's Gift is an imaginative cocktail of Victorian seriousness and farce that re-imagines the world of the nineteenth-century English poet laureate, placing him in the midst of eccentric company that includes dodgy Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll).

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Terrific . . . Tennyson's Gift is witty, surprising, oddly compassionate and hugely assured."
-- The Sunday Times (UNKNOWN )

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Wheeler Publishing (November 2, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597220590
• ISBN-13: 978-1597220590
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,961,111 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lynne Truss is a writer and journalist who started out as a literary editor with a blue pencil and then got sidetracked. The author of three novels and numerous radio comedy dramas, she spent six years as the television critic of The Times of London, followed by four (rather peculiar) years as a sports columnist for the same newspaper. She won Columnist of the Year for her work for Women's Journal. Lynne Truss also hosted Cutting a Dash, a popular BBC Radio 4 series about punctuation. She now reviews books for the Sunday Times of London and is a familiar voice on BBC Radio 4. She lives in Brighton, England.