Results for: books tagged ‘Letters’
Adrian Boult: Michael Kennedy
Sir Adrian Boult (1889-1983) was one of the greatest English conductors. He had a long association with the BBC, as director of music, and, more famously, as the permanent conductor ... More
Alma Mahler-Werfel: Diaries 1898-1902: Antony Beaumont
Born in 1879 in Vienna, Alma Mahler-Werfel was the daughter of the popular landscape painter, Emil J. Schindler. Her stepfather, Carl Moll, was instrumental in forming the Secession movement and ... More
Ariel's Gift: Erica Wagner
Erica Wagner provides a comprehensive guide to the poems that must constitute one of the most extraordinary and powerful volumes published in the last century. When Ted Hughes's Birthday Letters ... More
Autobiography: Diana Cooper
Lady Diana Cooper’s autobiography covers the years from her earliest childhood (as Lady Diana Manners, youngest daughter of the eighth Duke of Rutland) to retirement at Chantilly and the death ... More
Birthday Letters: Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes's Birthday Letters are addressed, with just two exceptions, to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom he was married. They were written over a period of more than ... More
Blood & Roses: Helen Castor
The Wars of the Roses turned England upside down. Between 1455 and 1485 four kings lost their thrones, more than forty noblemen lost their lives on the battlefield or their ... More
Can Any Mother Help Me?: Jenna Bailey
In 1935, a young mother wrote a letter to a magazine, asking readers for help. She was lonely and frustrated, stuck at home with two children, unable to express her ... More
Damn You England: John Osborne
Well-known playwright and acerbic wit, John Osborne was a man of trenchant opinions which he was unafraid to express. Ranging from his infamous 1961 letter to Tribune which provides the ... More
Debussy Remembered: Roger Nichols
One of an absorbing series of anthologies of personal recollections and reminiscences of great composers, Roger Nichols's book gathers together the testimonies of some sixty people - relatives, friends and ... More
Durrell/Miller Letters 1935-1980: Lawrence Durrell
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