Virginia Woolf

Author(s): Zena Alkayat

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ALSO IN THIS SERIES: Jane Austen, Coco Chanel and Frida Kahlo. This beautifully illustrated biography follows Virginia Woolf's remarkable life and work (which includes Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and The Waves) and celebrates the literary icon's immense legacy. It also draws in the characters of the Bloomsbury Group - a band of friends with a revolutionary approach to art and culture - including Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry and Leonard Woolf.


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'Perfect for a bath-side bookshelf near you are these gorgeous little illustrated biographies... Wonderful gifts for busy minds.' YOU magazine, Mail on Sunday

ZENA ALKAYAT has previously published successful guidebooks Tea & Cake London and London Villages. She spent 10 years working as a journalist at publications including Metro newspaper and Time Out London before moving into publishing. She is currently Senior Commissioning Editor at Frances Lincoln. NINA COSFORD is a freelance illustrator based in Hastings and London. Her work takes her around the world and encompasses editorial, advertising, lettering, reportage and educational illustration. Her work has been featured by NYLON magazine, HBO, Buzzfeed and TimeOut New York.

General Fields

  • : 9780711236653
  • : Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
  • : Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
  • : March 2015
  • : United Kingdom
  • : April 2015
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Zena Alkayat
  • : Hardback
  • : 1505
  • : Nina Cosford
  • : English
  • : 823.912
  • : 128
  • : 60 colour illustrations