Download or read book Rupert Hart Davis written by Philip Ziegler and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2004 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of character, gossip and anecdote about literary and theatrical personalities, this biography of publisher and man of letters Rupert Hart-Davis is the story of literary life in the 20th century.
Download or read book The Power of Chance written by Rupert Hart-Davis and published by Trafalgar Square Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This continues the author's autobiography from the age of nineteen.
Download or read book Hugh Walpole written by Rupert Hart-Davis and published by New York : Harcourt, Brace & World. This book was released on 1952 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biografie van de Engelse schrijver Hugh Semour Walpole (1884-1941).
Download or read book Rupert Hart Davis Limited written by Richard Garnett and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Duff Cooper Diaries written by John Julius Norwich and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long awaited and highly revealing diaries of the politician, diplomat, and socialite (married to Lady Diana Cooper) 'This is a fabulous, jaw-dropping read' SUNDAY TIMES 'Duff Cooper was as close to the action as anyone during the dramatic events of the mid-20th century. He was also comically priapic, committing enough sexual indiscretions to fill a dozen diaries' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Fascinating for two things: their testament to an exhilarating century and their witness to a vanished age of power and privilege ... What a man' OBSERVER Duff Cooper was a first-rate witness of just about every significant event from 1914 to 1950. His diary includes some magnificent set pieces - as a young soldier at the end of WWI, as a politician during the General Strike of 1926, as King Edward VIII's friend at the time of the Abdication, and from Paris after the liberation in 1944, when he became British ambassador. If Duff Cooper's name has dimmed in the 50 years since his death, publication of these diaries will bring him to the fore once again. His family have long resisted publication - indeed Duff Cooper's nephew, the publisher Rupert Hart-Davis, was so shocked by the sexual revelations that he suggested to John Julius Norwich that it might be best for all concerned if they were burnt. Now, superbly edited by John Julius Norwich, who familial link ensures all kinds of additional information as footnotes, these diaries join the ranks.
Download or read book The Lyttelton Hart Davis Letters written by George Lyttelton and published by Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited. This book was released on 2001-03 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This surprising survival has been welcomed by all who know that letters can be the best kind of travelling or bedside reading. George Lyttelton was a retired schoolmaster who began to exchange letters with Rupert Hart-Davis, a London publisher, one of Lyttelton's students at Eton. The correspondence began in 1955 when Lyttelton was 72 and Hart-Davis was 48.
Download or read book Rupert Hart Davis Limited written by Richard Garnett and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 15th February 1941 Rupert Hart-Davis wrote to his wife: 'I've had a delightful letter from David Garnett, suggesting that after the war I should set up for myself as a publisher, and he would come in with me.' The new firm was duly registered in March 1946. This 96 page booklet was reprinted from the pages of The Book Collector. The work begins with a fascinating insight into the publishing world of Rupert Hart-Davis through a brief history. The second half of the work consists of an invaluable 637 title bibliographical checklist of all the books published by the firm from 1947 to 1963.
Download or read book Man of Letters written by Philip Ziegler and published by Carroll & Graf Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author retraces the life of a giant in cultural and literary criticism, covering his relationships with Sir Laurence Olivier, Countess Dame Peggy Ashcroft, T. S. Eliot, Paul Robeson, and Somerset Maugham, among others.
Download or read book Selected Letters of Oscar Wilde written by Oscar Wilde and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1979 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Sir Rupert Hart-Davis's magnificent edition of The Letters of Oscar Wilde was first published in 1962, Cyril Connolly called it "a must for everyone who is seriously interested in the history of English literature - or European morals." From this edition, long out of print, Hart-Davis has culled a representative sample of the letters from each period of Wilde's life, "giving preference," as he says in his Introduction, "to those of literary interest, to the most amusing, and to those that throw light on his life and work." The long letter to Lord Alfred Douglas, known as De Profundis is printed in its entirety.
Download or read book Rupert Hart Davis written by Philip Ziegler and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rupert Hart-Davis (1907-1999) not only founded a prestigious publishing company; he also involved himself vigorously in literary politics. His story is the story of literary life in the 20th century. He worked for William Heinemann and Jonathan Cape (who sacked him), and numbered among his close friends Duff and Diana Cooper, Peter and Ian Fleming, Arthur Ransome, John Betjeman, Eric Linklater and Joyce Grenfell. His mother - to whom he was obsessively devoted - died when he was at Oxford. Desolated, he left without a degree, to try his hand at acting. He played alongside Richardson, Gielgud and Olivier - and found himself having to choose between two attractive young actresses- Celia Johnson and Peggy Ashcroft. When he told Celia he was marrying Peggy, she broke down in tears. The marriage didn't last, and Rupert went on to marry three more times. Before marrying his colleague, Ruth Simon, he lived for some years with his wife, Comfort, in the country at weekends, and with Ruth in London during the working week. After Ruth's death, he married his secretary June, with whom he lived in retirement in his beloved Yorkshire dales.
Download or read book The Arms of Time written by Rupert Hart-Davis and published by Hamish Hamilton. This book was released on 1979 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the author's mother.
Download or read book All Men are Islands written by Ronald Duncan and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elephant Bill written by James Howard Williams and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lyttelton Hart Davis Letters written by George Lyttelton and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prisoners Bluff written by Rolf Magener and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells of the escape by two Germans from an Indian prison camp in World War II in Dehra Dun.
Download or read book King s Counsellor written by Alan Lascelles and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diaries of 'Tommy' Lascelles - as featured in the Netflix hit THE CROWN 'Brilliantly entertaining and historically priceless' Spectator 'Fascinating ... as much a contribution to royal legend as to the history of the war' Daily Telegraph As Assistant Private Secretary to four monarchs, 'Tommy' Lascelles had a ringside seat from which to observe the workings of the royal household and Downing Street during the first half of the 20th century. These fascinating diaries begin with Edward VIII's abdication and end with George VI's death and his daughter Elizabeth's Coronation. In between we see George VI at work and play, a portrait more intimate than any other previously published. This compelling account also includes Princess Margaret's relationship with Peter Townsend, and throws an intriguing new light on the way in which King George VI and Winston Churchill worked together during the Second World War. Lascelles was a fine writer - like most of the best diaries his are a delight to read as well as being invaluable history.
Download or read book The Golden Impala written by Pamela Ropner and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
