Christmas Please: 100 Poems on the Festive Season

Christmas Please: 100 Poems on the Festive Season

by Douglas Brooks - Davies (Author)

Synopsis

Baby Jesus and the three kings, holly and mistletoe, angels and carols, mince pies and gifts - this is a wonderful selection of poems on every aspect of Christmas, guaranteed to please every mood and taste. The poems have been taken from the whole range of verse in English, from the Middle Ages to the present day.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 07 Nov 2002

ISBN 10: 0753810786
ISBN 13: 9780753810781
Book Overview: A wonderful Christmas present in an attractive gift format Luxury cover with flaps and full production values With beautiful, specially-commissioned colour illustrations throughout A companion volume to the Illustrated Poetry Please! which has already been reprinted eight times In the tradition of Everyman's Poetry Please! anthologies, which have already sold over 300,000 copies Contains several specially commissioned poems

Author Bio
Douglas Brooks-Davies was born in Wimbledon in 1942, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby and Brasenose College, Oxford. Formerly Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Manchester, where he remains an Honorary Research fellow, he has published widely on Renaissance and later literature, and is now a freelance writer. His hobbies include gardening, singing, and playing the oboe.