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The Life of Right Reverend Ronald Knox (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Ronald Knox - priest, classicist, prolific writer and one of the outstanding men of letters of his time. The renowned Oxford chaplain was a friend of figures such... Læs mere
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The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold: A Conversation Piece (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
An inability to control his fantasies sends Gilbert Pinfold, a well-known author, cruising on a Ceylon-bound liner to recuperate. Yet, to his horror, the hallucinations increase and life on board becomes very embarrassing.
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Put Out More Flags (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
What happened to the characters of Decline and Fall and Vile Bodies when the war broke out? This title shows them adjusting to the changing social pattern of the times.
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Waugh in Abyssinia (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. This title captures the dilemmas and complexities of a feudal society caught up in twentieth-century politics and confrontation.
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A Little Learning: The First Volume of an Autobiography (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The author's childhood was warm, bright and serene. The Hampstead and Lancing schooldays which followed were sometimes agreeable, but often not.... Læs mere
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When the Going Was Good (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Between 1929 and 1935 the author travelled widely and wrote about his experiences. This title discusses a cruise around the Mediterranean; a train trip from Djibouti to Abyssinia... Læs mere
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Remote People (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Begins with an account of the coronation of Emperor Ras Tafari - Haile Selassie I, King of Kings - an event covered by Evelyn Waugh in 1930 as special correspondent for "The Times".
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Sword of Honour (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Guy Crouchback, a Catholic and a gentleman is commissioned into the Royal Corps of Halberdiers during the war years 1939-45. High comedy - in the company of Brigadier Ritchie-Hook or the... Læs mere
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A Handful of Dust (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set.
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Labels: A Mediterranean Journal (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
From Europe to the Middle East and North Africa, from Egyptian porters and Italian priests to Maltese sailors and Moroccan merchants - Waugh describes the local colour as he cruises around the Mediterranean as an Englishman abroad.
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Edmund Campion: Jesuit and Martyr (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In 1581 Edmund Campion, a Jesuit priest working underground in Protestant England, was found guilty of treason and hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Years later he would be beatified. This title tells Campion's story.
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