San Antonio College Library

A picture record of eight places famed in English prose and poetry, from the castle of Arthurian legend to the village loved by the Shropshire Lad. The photographs feature descriptive text and accompanying passage from the famous poem or story inspired by the scene pictured above.

"This book is a tale of three cities: the fictional London that lives in the pages of writers from Shakespeare to P.D. James and Martin Amis; the historical metropolis where so many immortal authors have made their homes; and the vibrant capital that today welcomes visitors from all over the world. Anna Quindlen evokes all three as she travels from Sherlock Holmes's digs at 221b Baker Street (as real an imaginary address as there ever was), to Poet's...