Jonathan Barry is the acclaimed author of the horror novel The Devil's Hoof - A Gothic Tale', and is an internationally renowned book illustrator of over seventy famous titles. He is passionate about Victorian and Edwardian Classic novels and literature. In this book he takes us on a magical journey where he talks most personally about a selection of what he regards as twelve of the greatest novels and stories ever written in these eras, and WHY you should read them.
He supports his arguments for reading these great stories with his detailed artwork, including 23 full colour illustrations. If you love reading literature, classic novels, classic book illustrations, or viewing TV or movie adaptations of these great classics works - then you will love this book.