The Secret Museum by Molly Oldfield

The Secret Museum by Molly Oldfield

The Secret Museum is a unique treasure trove of the most intriguing artifacts hidden away in museum archives from all over the world curated, brought to light, and brought to life by Molly Oldfield in a beautifully illustrated collection.

‘A unique tome… beautifully researched’ The Sun

‘Startlingly brilliant … I’ve rarely read a book so fuelled by sheer enthusiasm. It’s all quite delightful, a brilliant idea executed with great charm and unceasing joie de vivre’ Daily Mail

‘Oldfield’s genius is to see that museums have more stuff than they can display, and to persuade curators to show her their buried treasures … her cabinet of curiosities reveals very engaging personality’ Times

‘[Molly Oldfield] selects 60 of the most interesting and iconic artefacts from museum archives … and tells their stories in fact, fiction, history and enthusiastic, interesting anecdote’ Saga Magazine

‘This gorgeous golden-jacketed book is totally brilliant … It’s one of those rare solution presents too, great for anyone of any age’ A Little Bird

Molly has been a writer and researcher on 9 series of the landmark BBC1 programme QI, presented by Stephen Fry, and has spent that time honing her ability to bring the most interesting and entertaining fragments of information to light. She also writes a weekly QI column in the Saturday Telegraph and researches QI's sister Radio 4 programme, The Museum of Curiosity.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780007455287
ISBN 10	0007455283
Title	The Secret Museum
Author	Molly Oldfield
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2013-02-28
Number of pages	352
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.