![]() Thomas Wallace Craik was born in Warrington, Cheshire, in 1927, and educated at the Boteler Grammar School there, from which he won an Open Exhibition in French and English to Christ’s College Cambridge, where he studied under F. I enjoyed the illustrations, and I thought it was published with care, and great attention to all details.” This unique book is intended for all ages. ![]() This work contains over 40 illustrated pages with hand lettering and includes a foreword by Roger Craik detailing this book’s creation by his parents. From the pillaging rats to the gluttonous council members, every pen and brush stroke brings Browning’s moral home. The pages have bold, imaginative drawings, deep lines, rich colors and fine (often idiosyncratic) details. The dramatic events that Browning recorded in 1842 marvelously unfold in the Craiks’ illustrations. ![]() ![]() Robert Browning’s poem captures the mysterious nature of the Piper legend and the resplendent, rich time period in which the tale took place, which has inspired many great illustrators such as Kate Greenaway, Arthur Rackham, Margaret Tarant, and Maxfield Parrish. BlazeVOX presents for the first time this wonderful edition, originally created in 1959 as a gift by the illustrators to their young son. This facsimile of Robert Browning’s The Pied Piper of Hamelin, A Child’s Story is beautifully illustrated and colored by T. ![]()
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