About the Author

Martin Garrett has written widely on Renaissance and nineteenth-century literature. he is the author of "Venice: a cultural and literary companion" (Signal, 2000). He has lived and worked in cambridge since 1994.

Reviews

"...an extravaganza of literary erudition. The book is also remarkable for enticing bits of information - that a secret tunnel connects the wine cellars of the two St John's Colleges in Cambridge and Oxford, and that the dons meet annually for a glass of madeira underneath Stansted airport." History Today