Behind the bestsellers
Subtitle: the stories behind the world's favourite books
By: Jenny Bond & Chris Sheedy
Contributors: Sheedy, Chris
Publisher: Random House Australia
Published: 2007
Place of publication: North Sydney, N.S.W; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781741668407
Subjects: Best sellers; Miscellanea; Books and reading; Authorship
Other titles: Stories behind the world's favourite books
Description: Behind the bestsellers is a collection of 50 fascinating stories about the lives, loves and literature that inspired the world's greatest books. Full of dinner party trivia, literary history and lore of all kinds, this is a revealing journey through the minds of writers and the life experiences that influenced the creation of our favourite novels, from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre to Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ( p. 301-308).