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Rudyard Kipling
ISBN: 9781474602983 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 928 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Paragon of English virtues or racist imperialist? Andrew Lycett (acclaimed biographer of Ian Fleming) has returned to primary sources to tell the intricate story of a misunderstood genius who became Britain's most famous and highest earning author. Among the many new sources, Lycett has discovered previously unpublished letters that illuminate Kipling's crucial years in India, his first girlfriend (the model for Mrs Hauksbee of Plain Tales from the Hills), his parents' decision to send him back to England to boarding school; and in his adult life his use of opium, his frustrating times...
Paragon of English virtues or racist imperialist? Andrew Lycett (acclaimed biographer of Ian Fleming) has returned to primary sources to tell the intr...
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95,35 |
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Dylan Thomas: A New Life
ISBN: 9780753817872 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Dylan Thomas was a romantic and controversial figure; a poet who lived to excess and died young. An inventive genius with a gift for both lyrical phrases and impish humour, he also wrote for films and radio, and was renowned for his stage performances. He became the first literary star in the age of popular culture - a favourite of both T.S. Eliot and John Lennon. As his status as a poet and entertainer increased, so did his alcoholic binges and his sexual promiscuity, threatening to destroy his marriage to his fiery Irish wife Caitlin. As this extraordinary biography reveals, he was a man of...
Dylan Thomas was a romantic and controversial figure; a poet who lived to excess and died young. An inventive genius with a gift for both lyrical phra...
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86,70 |
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Wilkie Collins: A Life of Sensation
ISBN: 9780099557340 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The definitive biography of Wilkie Collins: Victorian novelist, playright, author of "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White "and owner of a secret double life.
In the spring of 1868 Wilkie Collins found himself living a nightmare that could have come straight out of one of his bestselling novels. A visitor to his comfortable London town-house would have found him propped up in bed, desperately dictating the latest chapter of his new book, "The Moonstone." Visible above the bedclothes would have been Wilkie's large, friendly face, framed by straggly whiskers, with its strange bump on the... The definitive biography of Wilkie Collins: Victorian novelist, playright, author of "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White "and owner of a secret do...
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107,11 |
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The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes: The Inspiration Behind the World's Greatest Detective
ISBN: 9780711281677 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) An exploration of all that encompasses the world of Sherlock Holmes - tracing the infamous character's own interests, personality and mythologised biography alongside that of his creator's.
An exploration of all that encompasses the world of Sherlock Holmes - tracing the infamous character's own interests, personality and mythologised bio...
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125,51 |
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Ian Fleming: The man who created James Bond
ISBN: 9781474617970 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The definitive biography of James Bond creator Ian Fleming - revised and updated. 'Excellent' DAILY MAIL 'Fast paced and perceptive' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Impressive' INDEPENDENT
The definitive biography of James Bond creator Ian Fleming - revised and updated. 'Excellent' DAILY MAIL 'Fast paced and perceptive' SUNDAY TELEGRAP...
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65,23 |
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Ian Fleming
ISBN: 9781250037985 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) We all know who James Bond is, but how many of us know much about his creator, Ian Fleming, a master of espionage and thrillers? In this full-length biography, author Andrew Lycett tells the story of Ian Fleming's life proving that it was just as dramatic as that of his fictional creation. Educated at Eaton and Sandhurst, he joined Naval Intelligence in 1939 participating in both Operation Mincemeat and Operation Golden Eye. After the war, he became a journalist and, in 1953, wrote Casino Royale thereby introducing the world to an English spy named James Bond. Set in London,... We all know who James Bond is, but how many of us know much about his creator, Ian Fleming, a master of espionage and thrillers? In this full-lengt... |
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171,05 |
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Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN: 9780743275255 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's name is recognized the world over, for decades the man himself has been overshadowed by his better understood creation, Sherlock Holmes, who has become one of literature's most enduring characters. Based on thousands of previously unavailable documents, Andrew Lycett, author of the critically acclaimed biography Dylan Thomas, offers the first definitive biography of the baffling Conan Doyle, finally making sense of a long-standing mystery: how the scientifically minded creator of the world's most rational detective himself succumbed to an avid belief in...
Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's name is recognized the world over, for decades the man himself has been overshadowed by his better understood creation...
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125,39 |
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Conan Doyle: The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
ISBN: 9780753824283 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Ground-breaking biography of the creator of fiction's best loved detective.
Ground-breaking biography of the creator of fiction's best loved detective.
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85,30 |
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