{"product_id":"9781787332669","title":"Dear Historian","description":"Author: Winterhart, Joff\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781787332669\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 17 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 192\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eImprobable friends Margaret and Lucy navigate their age gap, the cult of personality, graveyards in the rain and bad knees- from cult graphic novelist Joff Winterhart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most talented graphic novelists in the UK' \u003c\/b\u003eZADIE SMITH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An unmitigated delight\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER *Graphic Novel of the Month*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eImprobable friends Margaret and Lucy navigate their age gap, the cult of personality, graveyards and bad knees- from cult-favourite graphic novelist Joff Winterhart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt this point in her life, septuagenarian Margaret is particular about the things she likes. These include looking out of train windows, graveyards in the rain, an afternoon sherry. But most of all, it is her lifelong subject, the obscure 17\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century polymath J.W Preece, who she has devoted her life to studying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret \u003ci\u003edoesn't \u003c\/i\u003elike- drawing attention to herself, extravagant behaviour and television.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen she meets a young history TV producer, Lucy, they form a tentative bond, despite Margaret's reluctance to be drawn into the media world. Several decades Margaret's junior, heartbroken and unsure of herself, Lucy finds curious new inspiration as she falls under the spell of Margaret's passions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith inimitable sensitivity and humour, cult-favourite graphic novelist Joff Winterhart returns with an irresistible portrait of two women navigating their age gap, loss, self-made-celebrity-historians, and bad knees...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Just when I thought I couldn't love Joff Winterhart more, along came \u003ci\u003eDear Historian\u003c\/i\u003e. It has all the wry humanity and keen eye for detail that won \u003ci\u003eDriving Short Distances\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Days of the Bagnold Summer\u003c\/i\u003e such passionate fans' PATRICK GALE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Even in the prose aisles, you'd be hard-pressed to find a piece of literary fiction as nuanced and beautiful as this.' \u003ci\u003eVULTURE, \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eOther People\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46729857400990,"sku":"UBD-9781787332669","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781787332669.jpg?v=1776651172","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781787332669","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}