The Man Who Changed the Way We Read : The Story of Allen Lane and Penguin Books, Jeremy Lewis

The Man Who Changed the Way We Read : The Story of Allen Lane and Penguin Books, Jeremy LewisNew Paperback In The Man Who Changed the Way We Read, Jeremy Lewis brings this extraordinary era brilliantly to life. Lanes books gave millions of people access to what had previously been the preserve of a wealthy few; they alerted the public to the threat of Nazi Germany; and Penguin itself became a cherished national institution, much like the BBC and the NHS, whilst at the same time challenging the status quo through the famous Lady Chatterley

'It's time you came home

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Mabey offers a different scenario

cryptic postcards and the centuries-old cartographic tradition of mapping the heart

the book illustrates the Great War's historical background and documents the increasing sophistication of aviation technology and warfare

and relatable

why you have five fingers and not ten

' - Dean Edwards

among other examples

Colourful flag bunting that saw the VE celebrations in 1945: All disparate objects that together tell the moving and important story of Britain's Home Front during the Second World War

[The Owl and the Nightingale] is every bit as enticing as Gawain

hundreds of unexpected stories and hypnotic voices emerged from the area's past