Come John Howard Reid, questo autore approfondisce profonde questioni dell'esistenza umana. Le sue opere esplorano spesso le complessità delle relazioni interpersonali e la ricerca di significato nel mondo moderno. Stilisticamente, eccelle nella sua capacità di ritrarre personaggi complessi e le loro vite interiori con notevole sottigliezza. I lettori apprezzano le sue acute osservazioni e i temi senza tempo che risuonano attraverso le generazioni.
"In tracing her life and writing, and the places associated with them, Tom Howard manages to add a modern topographical dimension. With the aid of magnificent photography, the reader is introduced to what can still be seen, despite the lapse of two centuries, of the life, the towns and the countryside that Jane Austen knew."
60 full-color photos and maps. 9 1/4 x 12.
The Illustrated Horse chronicles the paintings and other art forms created to memorialize the equine importance in human history. An introduction gives a brief history of the horse. Next the author shows through over 80 color photos of art depicting horses the numerous ways the horse has been integrated into our lives. From work horse to war horse to race horse the text explores through ancient and modern art the essential role the horse has played in our civilization.