Como John Howard Reid, este autor se adentra en profundas cuestiones de la existencia humana. Sus obras exploran a menudo las complejidades de las relaciones interpersonales y la búsqueda de sentido en el mundo moderno. Estilísticamente, destaca por su habilidad para retratar personajes complejos y sus mundos interiores con una sutileza notable. Los lectores aprecian sus perspicaces observaciones y temas atemporales que resuenan a través de las generaciones.
"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.