In this intriguing insight into the work and history of a museum, V&A director and historian Dr Tristram Hunt brings together ten renowned V&A curators to tell the stories behind ten of their most treasured objects. 'Tipu's Tiger' (an almost life-size wooden semi-automaton mauling a European soldier), the 'Great Bed of Ware' (an Elizabethan bed for 8 people) and a Shakespeare First Folio are among the featured highlights whose route to the V&A collections are entertainingly revealed.
Biografie
Tristram Hunt, geboren 1974, ist der Shooting Star der britischen Historikerzunft. Er lehrt Neuere Geschichte an der Universität London, ist TV-Moderator (BBC und Channel 4), Zeitungskolumnist (Times, Guardian, Observer) und Buchautor.