Writing the Thames
Distributed for the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
288 pages
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70 color plates
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6 x 9
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© 2016
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
One
Liquid History
Two
Topographers and Tourists
Three
Writer’s Retreats
Four
Messing about in Boats
Five
Naturalists on the Thames
Six
Dead in the Water
Seven
Rhyming the River
Eight
Writing the Thames Today
Notes
Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Index
One
Liquid History
Two
Topographers and Tourists
Three
Writer’s Retreats
Four
Messing about in Boats
Five
Naturalists on the Thames
Six
Dead in the Water
Seven
Rhyming the River
Eight
Writing the Thames Today
Notes
Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Index
Review Quotes
Sunday Telegraph
"From source to sea, [Hardyment's] tour navigates the literature inspired by the river: topographical books, natural histories, books by boatmen, guides for tourists, pastoral celebrations, and a survey of literary drownings.'"
Financial Times
"Hardyment has cast her net wide. Writing the Thames, [is] a zestful compilation with commentary. . . . Hardyment’s last word is a generous tribute to Peter Ackroyd’s vast survey, Thames: Sacred River. More manageable and less mystical, Writing the Thames lies far upstream of that swollen torrent of a book, in calm and sparkling waters."
Country Life
"An attractive book on an attractive subject."
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