The Postman's Palace

by Adrian Henri, Simon Henwood (Illustrator)

A nighttime vision leads Ferdinand Cheval, a village postman in nineteenth-century France, to construct a palace in his back garden, an enterprise that takes him thirty-three years to complete

28 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Liverpool poet and artist, Adrian Henri, is famous for his contribution to the ‘Liverpool Sound’ in the nineteen-sixties, when he led the poetry/rock group Liverpool Scene. Since then he has been a freelance poet, painter, singer, songwriter and lecturer.