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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Author’s Note
Contents
Introduction
Italy
HOTEL DANIELI, VENICE – GEORGE SAND (1804–76)
PALAZZO BARBARO, VENICE – HENRY JAMES (1843–1916)
GRAND HÔTEL DES BAINS, VENICE – THOMAS MANN (1875–1955)
GRITTI PALACE, VENICE – ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899–1961)
PIAZZA DI SPAGNA, ROME – JOHN KEATS (1795–1821)
PENSION SIMI, FLORENCE – E.M. FORSTER (1879–1970)
Southern England
BROAD STREET, LYME REGIS, DORSET – JANE AUSTEN (1775–1817)
THE ACORN INN, EVERSHOT, DORSET – THOMAS HARDY (1840–1928)
LITTLE EASTON, ESSEX – H.G. WELLS (1866–1946)
SISSINGHURST CASTLE, KENT – VITA SACKVILLE-WEST (1892–1962)
Northern England & North Wales
DOVE COTTAGE, GRASMERE, CUMBRIA – WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770–1850)
THE PARSONAGE, HAWORTH, WEST YORKSHIRE – CHARLOTTE BRONTË (1816–55)
LINDETH HOWE, LAKE WINDERMERE, CUMBRIA – BEATRIX POTTER (1866–1943)
ASPINALL PLACE, MYTHOLMROYD, WEST YORKSHIRE – TED HUGHES (1930–98)
PORTMEIRION, GWYNEDD, NORTH WALES – NOËL COWARD (1899–1973)
London
GOUGH SQUARE – SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709–84)
DOUGHTY STREET – CHARLES DICKENS (1812–70)
THE SAVOY HOTEL – OSCAR WILDE (1854–1900)
BROWN’S HOTEL, ALBEMARLE STREET – RUDYARD KIPLING (1865–1936)
Oxford
CHRIST CHURCH – LEWIS CARROLL (1832–98)
THE EAGLE AND CHILD – J.R.R. TOLKIEN (1892–1973)
KELMSCOTT MANOR, OXFORDSHIRE – WILLIAM MORRIS (1834–96)
Edinburgh
HERIOT ROW – ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850–94)
THE ELEPHANT HOUSE – J.K. ROWLING (B. 1965)
Channel Islands
HAUTEVILLE HOUSE, ST PETER PORT, GUERNSEY – VICTOR HUGO (1802–85)
THE CHALET, SARK – MERVYN PEAKE (1911–68)
Paris
BOULEVARD HAUSSMANN – MARCEL PROUST (1871–1922)
FOUQUET’S, AVENUE DES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES – JAMES JOYCE (1882–1941)
HÔTEL LANCASTER – ERICH MARIA REMARQUE (1898–1970)
LES DEUX MAGOTS, SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRÉS – JEAN-PAUL SARTRE (1905–80)
Berlin
CHAUSSEESTRASSE – BERTOLT BRECHT (1898–1956)
NOLLENDORFSTRASSE – CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD (1904–86)
New York & New Orleans
THE BUCKINGHAM HOTEL, NEW YORK – DAMON RUNYON (1880–1946)
THE ALGONQUIN HOTEL, NEW YORK – DOROTHY PARKER (1893–1967)
HOTEL CHELSEA, NEW YORK – DYLAN THOMAS (1914–53)
PIERREPONT STREET, NEW YORK – ARTHUR MILLER (1915–2005)
LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS – JACK KEROUAC (1922–69)
TOULOUSE STREET, NEW ORLEANS – TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (1911–83)
HOTEL MONTELEONE, NEW ORLEANS – TRUMAN CAPOTE (1924–84)
St Petersburg
REKI MOYKI – ALEXANDER PUSHKIN (1799–1837)
KUZNECHNYY PEREULOK – FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY (1821–81)
HOTEL ASTORIA – MIKHAIL BULGAKOV (1891–1940)
East Asia
SHIOMI NAWATE STREET, MATSUE, JAPAN – LAFCADIO HEARN (1850–1904)
THE CATHAY HOTEL, SHANGHAI – GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856–1950)
THE ORIENTAL HOTEL, BANGKOK – W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM (1874–1965)
HOTEL CONTINENTAL, SAIGON – GRAHAM GREENE (1904–91)
North Africa
SHARIA IBRAHIM PASHA NAGIB, CAIRO – OLIVIA MANNING (1908–80)
CAFÉ HAFA, TANGIER – PAUL BOWLES (1910–99)
HOTEL EL MUNIRIA, TANGIER – WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS (1914–97)
Postscript: Virginia Woolf
MONK’S HOUSE, RODMELL, EAST SUSSEX – VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882–1941)
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Index
About the Author
Copyright
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