Chris West's previous titles include a bestselling business guide and a quartet of crime novels. He inherited a love of history from his father and an Edwardian Lincoln stamp album from his great-uncle as a child. His love for stamps was revived when he found that same dust-covered album in his attic as an adult, and resulted in A History of Britain in Thirty-six Postage Stamps, published in 2013. He lives in Cambridgeshire.
"West Makes a laudable effort to put each stamp in its historical context....The strengths of the book are the anecdotes and pieces of Americana that West sprinkles throughout the text...West is optimistic about the future of the mail, and of stamps. I hope he's right, for the sake of the generations fo collectors to come." --Buffalo News "West begins with the Stamp Act of 1765 and marches steadily forward, offering a swift history of the United States with key events illustrated by (or occasioned by) a postage stamp from the era." --Kirkus Reviews "Clever, quirky...This is a lovely book. And not just for philatelists." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer on A History of Britain in Thirty-Six Postage Stamps "West treats each entry more like a riffing conversation than a lecture....And since each chapter is just a handful of pages long, it's easy to jump around and explore, making for diverting and educating reading." --Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on A History of Britain in Thirty-Six Postage Stamps "Each classic, lovingly designed stamp is presented in full color, revealing it to be both a work of art and a tantalizing window into the character and spirit of its era." --The Guardian (London) on A History of Britain in Thirty-Six Postage Stamps
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