Terence Rattigan: The Man and His Work
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'Rattigan's work is a sustained assault on English Middle-Class Values: fear of Emotional...
Daughter of Empire: Life as a Mountbatten
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A source of inspiration for the film Viceroy's House Pamela Mountbatten was born at the end of the...
Vintage Postcards from Vanity Fair: One Hundred Classic Covers
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VANITY FAIR A TALE OF SOPHISTICATION In 1913, publisher Conde Nast launched Vanity Fair, a magazine...
Straight Acting: Popular Gay Drama from Wilde to Rattigan
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Between the trials of Oscar Wilde in the 1890s and the beginnings of legal reforms in the 1960s, the...
The Riviera Set: Glitz, Glamour, and the Hidden World of High Society
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A portrait of high society in the twentieth century, told through the stories of the guests of...
The Man with the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters
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On 16 August 1952, Ian Fleming wrote to his wife, Ann, 'My love, This is only a tiny letter to try...
Some Enchanted Evenings
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Mary Martin was one of the greatest stars of her day. Growing up in Texas, she was married early to...
Chasing Lost Time: The Life of C.K. Scott Moncrieff: Soldier, Spy and Translator
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C K Scott Moncrieff's celebrated translation of Proust's A La Recherche du Temps Perdu was first...
Ian Fleming: A Personal Memoir
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With a foreword by Fiona MacCarthy OBE. This is Robert Harling's account of his close and enduring...
John Gielgud: Matinee Idol to Movie Star
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New in paperback, John Gielgud: Matinee Idol to Movie Star is the most authoritative and...