Christmas Epics On The Page
This Christmas, the Folio Society offers book lovers the chance to share some of the world’s most well-loved tales with their family and friends.
A staggering seventeen new Folio editions have been released for Christmas and these newest titles include those which have inspired festive film favourites.
Titles to delight include Kipling’s masterpiece Kim – a panoramic portrait of India and a coming-of-age spy story, newly illustrated by Oliver Hurst.
Paul Brickhill’s The Great Escape offers readers the chance to discover the largest British-led mass-escape of the Second World War – made into an unforgettable film starring Paul Newman.
Star of both stage and screen, War Horse is now published in a Folio edition with a striking binding and a series of powerful illustrations by Alan Marks.
For fans of costume dramas, Stacy Schiff’s Cleopatra captures all the glamour and excitement of the Hollywood blockbuster with a biography that reveals the fascinating story of one of history’s most charismatic and enigmatic women.
For further details visit http://www.foliosociety.com
Paula Hammond - Features Editor
