British Museum Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Ulysses
James JoyceBritish MuseumJames Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ was published 100 years ago #OnThisDay in 1922. Here is one of Richard Hamilton’s illustrations for the novel. 🔎🔗 https://t.co/VaXH6gl06X https://t.co/pqVcCgxpCW
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Sonnets From The Portuguese
Elizabeth Barrett BrowningBritish Museum‘How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.’ British poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born #OnThisDay in 1806. This line is from her best-known work, ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’, a collection of poems dedicated to her husband Robert Browning. 🔎🔗 https://t.co/w7YId62pI4 https://t.co/BTSbvX7LTt
Hardcover, 2010
$24.76$12.38 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: and THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS and What Alice Found There
Lewis CarrollBritish MuseumWho’s your favourite ‘Alice in Wonderland’ character? 🌹⏱🐰♟ Lewis Carroll – author of Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There’ – was born 190 years ago, #OnThisDay in 1832. 🔎🔗 https://t.co/rxQgBNf81J https://t.co/ygo9rucq2J
Paperback, 2019
$8.95$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Poems: Paracelsus
Robert BrowningBritish Museum‘How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.’ British poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born #OnThisDay in 1806. This line is from her best-known work, ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’, a collection of poems dedicated to her husband Robert Browning. 🔎🔗 https://t.co/w7YId62pI4 https://t.co/BTSbvX7LTt
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The World of Stonehenge
Duncan GarrowBritish MuseumJoin #TheWorldOfStonehenge curators Neil Wilkin and Jennifer Wexler for a tour of our latest five-star exhibition exploring the secrets of Stonehenge, shining a light on its purpose, cultural power and the people that created it. Watch anytime here: http://ow.ly/ulWZ30sjzSp
Hardcover, 2022
$65.00$40.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Poems: From the Last London Ed., Corrected by the Author, Volume 1
Elizabeth Barrett BrowningBritish Museum‘How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.’ British poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born #OnThisDay in 1806. This line is from her best-known work, ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’, a collection of poems dedicated to her husband Robert Browning. 🔎🔗 https://t.co/w7YId62pI4 https://t.co/BTSbvX7LTt
Hardcover, 2016
$36.95$18.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Alice: The Classic Victorian Play for Children: Adapted from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll
Lewis CarrollBritish MuseumWho’s your favourite ‘Alice in Wonderland’ character? 🌹⏱🐰♟ Lewis Carroll – author of Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There’ – was born 190 years ago, #OnThisDay in 1832. 🔎🔗 https://t.co/rxQgBNf81J https://t.co/ygo9rucq2J
Paperback, 2015
$8.95$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Art: A Ruskin Anthology
John RuskinBritish Museum🐧 ‘One can’t be angry when one looks at a Penguin’ So said art critic John Ruskin, who often visited the Museum to look at penguins to cure his ‘disgust and fury’. We hope this perfectly plumed picture brightens your mood on #WorldPenguinDay 🐧 🔎🔗 https://t.co/3o42I4CTWg https://t.co/MepVszqutX
Paperback, 2022
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis CarrollBritish MuseumWho’s your favourite ‘Alice in Wonderland’ character? 🌹⏱🐰♟ Lewis Carroll – author of Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There’ – was born 190 years ago, #OnThisDay in 1832. 🔎🔗 https://t.co/rxQgBNf81J https://t.co/ygo9rucq2J
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Through the Looking-Glass: And What Alice Found There, by Lewis Carroll(illustrated): Sir John Tenniel (28 February 1820 - 25 February 1914) Was
Lewis CarrollBritish Museum‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ was illustrated by Sir John Tenniel, who was born #OnThisDay in 1820. He created 92 weird and whimsical drawings for the first ‘Alice’ book, and its sequel ‘Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There’ 🔎🔗https://t.co/rxQgBNf81J https://t.co/5aBWlpLkoz
Paperback, 2016
$7.38$3.69 + Free shipping50% off your first book