George Orwell has become one of the most potent and symbolic figures in western political thought. Including interviews with friends and people who knew him in his years of obscurity, this book offers a human portrait of the writer too often embalmed as a secular saint.
George Orwell has become one of the most potent and symbolic figures in western political thought. Including interviews with friends and people who kn...
The Bright Young People were one of the most extraordinary youth cults in British history. A pleasure-seeking band of bohemian party-givers and blue-blooded socialites, they romped through the 1920s gossip columns. This book chronicles England's 'lost generation' of the Jazz Age.
The Bright Young People were one of the most extraordinary youth cults in British history. A pleasure-seeking band of bohemian party-givers and blue-b...
Bayswater, 1931. James Ross, an aspiring writer whose stories nobody will buy, is reduced to door-to-door selling. He meets glamorous Suzi, but their relationship turns out to be a source of bafflement: who is her boss, the mysterious Mr Rasmussen, and why is he so interested in the premises above a jeweller's shop?
Bayswater, 1931. James Ross, an aspiring writer whose stories nobody will buy, is reduced to door-to-door selling. He meets glamorous Suzi, but their ...