Perfect Christmas gift. An unusual and varied anthology containing both classic and contemporary writers on Christmas. High-profile Introduction writer Gyles Brandreth with popular appeal.
A seasonal anthology of Christmas-themed writings to savour during the highs and lows of Christmas Day. This delightful book offers a diverse array of classic and contemporary writers who have expressed their thoughts about Christmas over the centuries - with joy, nostalgia and dazzling wit. Includes selections from Dostoevsky, Truman Capote, A.A. Milne, Jerome K Jerome, and modern day diarists, this beautiful volume is as full of delight and nostalgia as Christmas itself.
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“One of the best stocking-filler books of 2017.”
" - Guardian
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"This compact little book, handsomely produced, includes some enterprising choices, ranging from the Koran to Ali Smith, and concluding with an essay by P.G. Wodehouse, 'Just What I Wanted,' that was published in Vanity Fair in 1915 but remains perfectly apposite today.”
" - Evening Standard
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"On Christmas, a Notting Hill anthology of yuletide essays from contributors as varied as Charles Dickens, C.S. Lewis, and Anton Chekhov, has a crimson binding vivid enough to toast the retinas like holiday chestnuts. This is obviously a publisher that likes to have fun.”
" - The Weekly Standard
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“On Christmas: A Seasonal Anthology offers something for everyone...packing in a range of old and new voices, motley viewpoints and diverse modes of writing...this charming little book hits the spot."
" - Star Tribune
