Henry Irving a merchants clerk who became the saviour of British theatre and Ellen Terry, who made her first theatre appearance as soon as she could walk, were the king and queen of the Victorian stage. In this book, Michael Holroyd explores their public and private lives.
Henry Irving a merchants clerk who became the saviour of British theatre and Ellen Terry, who made her first theatre appearance as soon as she could w...
On a hill above the Italian village of Ravello stands the Villa Cimbrone, a place of fantasy and make-believe. The characters that move through Michael Holroyd's book are destined never to meet as they lived through different eras and reside in different countries. Yet the Villa Cimbrone unites them all.
On a hill above the Italian village of Ravello stands the Villa Cimbrone, a place of fantasy and make-believe. The characters that move through Michae...
In 'On Wheels', Michael Holroyd takes on the humble automobile. Weaving together memoir and anecdote with historical example he traces his relationship with cars and driving through a lifetime of biography.
In 'On Wheels', Michael Holroyd takes on the humble automobile. Weaving together memoir and anecdote with historical example he traces his relationshi...
Augustus John studied at the Slade with his sister Gwen before both of them went to Paris. He lived and worked at feverish speed and his drawings were astonishing for their fluid lyrical line, their vigor and spontaneity. His life became a complex tale of two cities, London and Paris, of two wives and many families.
Augustus John studied at the Slade with his sister Gwen before both of them went to Paris. He lived and worked at feverish speed and his drawings were...
'As deft and devastating as a piece of non-fiction writing in miniature as you're ever likely to read ... A collection to be savoured, its urbanity, wisdom and humorous probing best digested at leisure' Daily Telegraph In Facts and Fiction, Michael Holroyd reflects on the eccentricities of the art of writing about others. With characteristic playfulness and guilefulness, he considers the ways in which lives can be written about, with all the subtle differences of design and intention that this entails. From Rudyard Kipling to forgetfulness, the glories of Mary Norton's Borrowers books...
'As deft and devastating as a piece of non-fiction writing in miniature as you're ever likely to read ... A collection to be savoured, its urbanity, w...
