The Inklings of Oxford

This is not a dust-gathering coffee table book. It is exactly as Harry Lee Poe describes it in the opening lines of chapter one. “This book is not an ordinary book. It is both a picture book and a storybook. It tells all about a place and the friends who lived there.”

I bought this book and read it in one sitting. In 171 pages Poe invites you into the intimate friendships between C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the other Inklings. You meet not the stalwart historical figures but the men who come to dinner.

The photographer knows how to go beyond mere documentation. It's like you are there as opposed to looking at photographs. Stunning work!

Includes many references to the works published by the Inklings, some of which I had never heard. Excellent work for further research.

The appendix is a cool surprise, making the book even more useful...as if it needed it.