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On a three-hundred-year tour of Great Britain, Bright Particular Stars uncovers the visionary eccentrics who have excited, enthralled, transformed, shocked, scandalized and lit up the otherwise plain places of our island across the centuries.

About the Author

David McKie was deputy editor of the Guardian from 1975 to 1984 and wrote both its 'Smallweed' and 'Elsewhere' columns. His book Jabez: The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Rogue was shortlisted for the Whitbread Biography Award and the Saga Award for Wit.