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Wainwright: The Biography

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Alfred Wainwright's unique hand-drawn and hand-written Pictorial Guides to the Lake District have been an inspiration to walkers for over forty years. Yet despite many bestselling books and three television series, Wainwright remained an intensely private person.

With full access to Alfred Wainwright's private letters and unpublished material, Hunter Davies reveals a man more passionate, witty and generous than readers of his guides have come to expect.

His biography throws a new and surprising light on a man who has been an enigmatic and misunderstood person.

'Hunter Davies tells this absorbing tale with the self-effacing manner it needs. To Wainwright's many fans, it is pure nectar' - Paul Johnson, Sunday Telegraph

Language: English

Pages: 356

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Orion

Release: January 04, 2007

ISBN: 0752848526

ISBN 13: 9780752848525

Wainwright: The Biography

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Alfred Wainwright's unique hand-drawn and hand-written Pictorial Guides to the Lake District have been an inspiration to walkers for over forty years. Yet despite many bestselling books and three television series, Wainwright remained an intensely private person.

With full access to Alfred Wainwright's private letters and unpublished material, Hunter Davies reveals a man more passionate, witty and generous than readers of his guides have come to expect.

His biography throws a new and surprising light on a man who has been an enigmatic and misunderstood person.

'Hunter Davies tells this absorbing tale with the self-effacing manner it needs. To Wainwright's many fans, it is pure nectar' - Paul Johnson, Sunday Telegraph

Language: English

Pages: 356

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Orion

Release: January 04, 2007

ISBN: 0752848526

ISBN 13: 9780752848525

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