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Derek Jacobi

    BELSIZE Remembered
    "Shakespeare" by another name
    • BELSIZE Remembered

      Memories of Belsize Park

      • 208pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      Life in Belsize Park, London, as remembered by residents. BELSIZE Remembered is a collection of memories of life past and present in Belsize Park – engaging, at times moving personal accounts that together show how the area evolved from the 1930s to the present. They depict many different aspects of life in a part of London that in the 20th century underwent radical changes. From the story of the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor to memories of artists and musicians as well as once favourite shops, pubs and places of entertainment, these reminiscences capture the flavour of what old hands and relative newcomers relish about where they live. ‘This book is a delight. A small and perfectly formed masterpiece. It has an almost incredible cast of characters from Agatha Christie to Madame Zwingli: in between we meet Ben Nicholson, Freud, Jung, Thomas Mann, R D Laing, Henry Moore and Twiggy. A marvellous cluster of memories with lovely vignettes.’ Michael Wood, historian and BBC broadcaster ‘ A beautifully produced book, lavishly illustrated in colour. The personal reminiscences show the interesting, funny, unexpected and rewarding sides of living in Belsize Park.' Marianne Colloms, co-author, 'Hampstead & Belsize Park, Then & Now'

      BELSIZE Remembered2017
    • "Shakespeare" by another name

      • 640pagine
      • 23 ore di lettura

      The debate over the true authorship of Shakespeare's body of work began not long after the death of William Shakespeare, the obscure actor and entrepreneur from Stratford-Upon-Avon who was assumed to be the author. Being an uneducated son of a glover who had never left England, the chances that William Shakespeare produced infamous works like Hamlet are slim. This is the first complete literary biography of Edward de Vere, and finds in his history all the background material found in Shakespeare's plays. A truly fascinating study.

      "Shakespeare" by another name2006
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