Eel Pie Island by Michele Whitby
Dan van der Vat and Michele Whitby tell the story of Eel Pie Island from the Stone Age to The Rolling Stones and beyond, illustrated with a wealth of rare archive images and atmospheric contemporary photography.
Celebrates the part played by royalty, entrepreneurs, artists and artisans.. and the characters who have been drawn to the island and in turn, pulled others under its spell. Best of British This fascinating, lavishly illustrated history tells the story of this magical spot.' Trevor Baylis, OBE Daily Express Fun to read, informative, accurate, amusing and full of wonderful illustrations. The authors and publisher have clearly enjoyed working together and the reader is the benficiary. Thames Guardian
DAN VAN DER VAT, author and journalist, was a foreign correspondent on The Times of London for a decade, and later Chief Foreign Leaderwriter on The Guardian until he left to write books on naval history and related subjects. Of his dozen books, three won awards, two were bestsellers and his work has been translated into 14 languages. He still writes occasionally for The Guardian. MICHELE WHITBY manages the "Par Ici" shop in Twickenham, where the work of local artists and craftspeople, several of them still based on Eel Pie Island, is sold. Before that she spent 12 years running a workshop on the island, where she produced top-quality leather goods. She enjoyed a friendship with Arthur Chisnall, the self-appointed social worker and concert promoter at the heart of Eel Pie Island's 50s and 60s heyday, and he left her a mass of invaluable papers and photographs.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780711230538 |
| ISBN 10 | 0711230536 |
| Title | Eel Pie Island |
| Author | Michelle Whitby |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2009-10-08 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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