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Humans have been making, using, perfecting, and decorating umbrellas for millennia - holding them over the heads of rulers, signalling class distinctions, and exploring their full imaginative potential in folk tales and novels. In the spirit of the best literary gift books, Brolliology is a beautifully designed and illustrated tour through literature and history.

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Marion Rankine works at the flagship Foyles bookshop on Charing Cross Road in London as Head of Promotions. This is her first book.

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