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'Blackburn rescues the man from inside the madman. She redeems a lost life' The Times
Julia Blackburn is the author of several books of non-fiction, Charles Waterton, The Emperor's Last Island, Daisy Bates in the Desert , Old Man Goya and With Billie, and the novels, The Book of Colour and The Leper's Companions, both of which were shortlisted for the Orange Prize.
Julia Blackburn is the author of THE EMPEROR'S LAST ISLAND, DAISY BATES IN THE DESERT (shortlisted for the Waterstones/Esquire Award) and THE BOOK OF COLOUR. She has two children and lives in Suffolk
'Formidable-memorable and poetic' Evening Standard
'Julia Blackburn has an extraordinary talent for thinking herself into other worlds-So vivid are her conjurings of lives lived elsewhere or long ago, you begin to suspect she sees ghosts.' Marina Benjamin ...
A treat for Christmas, a delightful little book of stories by one of Britain's most original writers.
Shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Biography Award and the 2012 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize , this is a moving and fascinating account of the history, landscape and people of a remote village ...