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Gerard M-F Hill
A Guide to the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire by Thomas West, revised by William Cockin, edited by Gerard M-F Hill (Carlisle: Unipress Cumbria, 1821/2008), £23.30.
Unspoilt. Unvisited. Until West wrote, the Lakes were unknown and unloved, by poets, tourists, nymphs or shepherds. This edition has photographs matching the original views, a scholarly introduction, the text, aquatints, appendices and notes. Suitable for 'the curious of all ranks', this is the guidebook that began it all.
In Isadora's Steps by Lily Dikovskaya with Gerard M-F Hill (Brighton: Book Guild, 2008), £17.99.
Aged 7, Lily left London for Isadora Duncan's school in Moscow. Isadora's favourite, she recalls her personally and on stage. They toured China and the USA, where Irma Duncan caused a crisis that changed everything. Lily spent the war in Kazakhstan, her husband in the Kremlin. Eventually, the truth emerged.
