weidedenfeld nicholson london (5 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. This 2009 colour illustrated 1st edition copy is sold in FINE condition in a FINE unclipped dustwrapper. The second volume of Michael Palin's diaries covers the 1980s, a decade in which the ties that bound the Pythons loosened as they forged their separate careers. After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, they made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful Monty Python's Meaning of Life. Writing and acting in films and television then took over much of Michael's life, culminating in the smash hit A Fish Called Wanda, in which he played the hapless, stuttering Ken (for which he won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor), and the first of his seven celebrated television journeys for the BBC. He wrote much of the dialogue and acted in Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits and acted in his next film, Brazil. He co-produced, wrote and played the lead in The Missionary opposite Maggie Smith, who also appeared with him in A Private Function, written by Alan Bennett. For television he wrote East of Ipswich, inspired by his links with Suffolk. Such was his fame in the US, he was enticed into once again hosting the enormously popular show Saturday Night Live, in one edition of which his mother makes a highly successful surprise guest appearance. He filmed several journeys for television and became chairman of the pressure group, Transport 2000. His family remains a constant as his and Helen's children enter their teens. Size: 621pp. Hardback.

Hardback. Condición: Mint. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Mint. First Ed. This mint unread copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in mint condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. Nothing in the 20th century seems to portray age-old values as powerfully as the village. Here the panoramic camera casts new light on this ancient and enduring subject, producing an unusually clear image that captures the closest detail and the furthest viewpoint in one broad sweep. The sheer breadth of this perspective conjures up a remarkable sense of reality, at last showing the whole village green as well as the houses to either side or an entire row of crooked cottages in brilliant detail. All types of traditional English villages are portrayed here in words and pictures, from the stone villages of the Cotswolds and the north to the half-timbering and thatch of East Anglia and the south. This is a truly beautiful book full of colour photographs of villages throughout Great Britain. This FINE first edition is sold in a FINE unclipped dustwrapper. Ref B1.

Hardback. Condición: Mint. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Mint. 1st EDITON. This 1999 first edition copy is sold in MINT condition in a MINT unlcipped dustwrapper. What were the political machinations that kept Neville Chamberlain in office during the 1930s and deliberately kept Winston Churchill out? Burying Caesar takes us into the thick of the battle for control of the Tory party in the 1930s. Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain were two giants of the political stage who were the sons of men who had decisively shaped the politics of the previous era. Burying Caesar charts the course plotted by both Churchill and Chamberlain in their ambition to win the greatest prize in British politics, which had eluded both their fathers. In this original and timely book, Graham Stewart examines the restrictions which Party conformity places upon ambitious politicians and describes vividly the fate that befalls those who step outside its limits. He analyses how best dissidents can alter their own Government's policy - whether they should do so privately from within the Cabinet or in open rebellion on the backbenches - provides fresh insights into how those in Government induce critics in their own party to stay silent, and identifies those responsible for the concerted campaign to silence Churchill. Readable, controversial and brilliantly intelligent, Burying Caesar is the result of rigorous archival research and fresh analysis from a young historian who has spent seven years immersed in the 1930s - one of this century's most complex and turbulent decades. It is a gripping account of the mechanisms and motivations that underpin politics in Britain, forces that are as important today as they were more than sixty years ago.

Hardback. Condición: Mint. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Mint. First Edition. Did 689 Private Frederick John White, of the 7th Hussars, die of 'inflamation of the heart', as the Army insisted - or of 150 lashes from the cat o'nine tails, inflicted by order of a court-martial a few weeks earlier? Here is a Victorian scandal that made history. The resulting inquest forms a landmark in the long struggle to win basic human rights for the common soldier. Includes 8 pages of black and white illustrations. The "Unfortunate Occurence at Hounslow" as the War Secretary called it, will throw a penetrating light on early Victorian society, offeing a close up , from an unusual angle, of the interplay of the forces then reshaping British Society. This copy is in FINE condition in a NEAR Fine unclipped dustwrapper. Ref KKK 7.

Hardback. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. Jane Wellesley is a member of one of Britain's most illustrious families. Her father, the 8th Duke of Wellington, was born in 1915, a hundred years after the first Duke's momentous victory over Napoleon at Waterloo, but only a little over sixty years after the death of his celebrated ancestor. When the 'Iron Duke' died Queen Victoria wept with the nation, mourning the loss of 'the greatest man England has known'. A million and a half people swarmed London's streets to watch his cortege pass on its way to St Paul's. Few facts can now be added about the public man, but Jane's family memoir animates the First Duke as husband and father, as brother and several degrees of grandfather. Her journey through this richly compelling family history begins and ends with the first Duke, visiting the battlefield of Waterloo with her father to set her fascinating tale in motion. Through her parents she reaches back to earlier generations, weaving together characters and places, establishing connections, and exploring in greater depth than usual the Wellington women, who are often reduced to footnotes in conventional histories. She unearths memories, visits places from her parents' past, and discovers much about the lives of her grandparents and the generations before them. Most of us view the First Duke of Wellington as an iconic figure, whose name has been claimed by pubs, squares, streets, and, of course, rubber boots. In this highly personal account, the public man gives way to the private, and Wellington's legacy is seen through the eyes of those who have followed in his footsteps. Jane Wellesley triumphantly succeeds in wresting the Duke from his lonely column to reclaim him for his family, and so for the reader. This 2008 fascinating first edtion is sold in FINE condition in a FINE unclipped dustwrapper. Ref LLL 4.