Beyond the Page

‘Super sharp intellect, fabulous style, and the ability to engage the public in history with pizazz – Ruby Gray is dynamite!’ ALICE LOXTON

From Mary Shelley’s ghost story competition in Lake Geneva to George Orwell’s Hebridean escape, Beyond the Page takes you on a captivating and enchanting literary pilgrimage to discover the stories behind some of our favourite classic novels.

We join historian Ruby Gray as she travels the length of Britain, as well as further afield to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s New York inspiration for West Egg, Louisa May Alcotts New England home and the setting of Harper Lees coming-of-age triumph. Glimpsing breathtaking architecture, cramped writing quarters, peaceful coastal retreats, grand country estates and the beauty of the natural world, we retrace the novelists footsteps to uncover the extraordinary stories of the novels, their creators and their lasting legacies in literature.

Written in delightful, enchanting prose, Beyond the Page is a love letter to some of the worlds favourite novels.