Books by author: Dava Sobel

The Illustrated Longitude

by Dava Sobel and William J.H. Andrewes

Walker & Co. (216 pages)
Keyword(s): History, Nonfiction
Dates read: October 18-28, 2001, Rating: ****

The illustrations are wonderful, and I don't think the prose stands well without them. The only problem is that the captions are often redundant, and they don't always go well with the main text body.