Who the Hell is Pansy O'Hara?: The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best-loved Books
- ISBN-10
- 014311364X
- ISBN-13
- 9780143113645
- Category
- Reference
- Pages
- 318
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Authors
- Jenny Bond, Chris Sheedy
Description
An entertaining collection of the real-life stories behind fifty of the world's most popular books shares trivia, anecdotes, author details, inspiration, and other aspects of such volumes as Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, and other literary masterworks. Original.
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