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  • Dylan Thomas

    A New Life

    de Andrew Lycett ...
    The renowned literary biographer offers a "thoroughly well-written" chronicle of the legendary Welsh poet's life that is "rich in anecdote" ( The New Yorker).Dylan Thomas is as legendary for his raucous life as for his literary genius. The author of the immortal poems Death Shall Have No Dominion, Before I Knocked, and Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, as well as the short story A Christmas ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Conan Doyle's Wide World

    Sherlock Holmes and Beyond

    de Andrew Lycett ...
    With fascinating extracts from his own writings, this book reveals the captivating travels and adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle - the creator of Sherlock Holmes.Arthur Conan Doyle was not simply the creator of the world's greatest detective; he was also an intrepid traveler and extraordinary travel writer. His descriptions of his journeys and adventures - which took him to the Arctic and the Alps, ... Leer más

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  • Ian Fleming

    de Andrew Lycett ...
    We all know who James Bond is, but how many of us know much about his creator, Ian Fleming, a master of espionage and thrillers? In this full-length biography, author Andrew Lycett tells the story of Ian Fleming's life proving that it was just as dramatic as that of his fictional creation. Educated at Eaton and Sandhurst, he joined Naval Intelligence in 1939 participating in both Operation ... Leer más

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  • The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes

    The Inspiration Behind the World's Greatest Detective

    de Andrew Lycett ...
    Questing was Sherlock Holmes’s business. He famously adopted the latest forensic techniques, channelled the Victorian passion for enquiry, kept abreast of the key scientific breakthroughs of his age, and conducted his investigations in an enigmatic and stylised manner. And the brains behind it all was, of course, the great Arthur Conan Doyle.In this deep dive into the contemporary world of Holmes ... Leer más

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  • The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes

    The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    de Andrew Lycett ...
    Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's name is recognized the world over, for decades the man himself has been overshadowed by his better understood creation, Sherlock Holmes, who has become one of literature's most enduring characters. Based on thousands of previously unavailable documents, Andrew Lycett, author of the critically acclaimed biography Dylan Thomas, offers the first definitive biography of ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Kipling Abroad

    Traffics and Discoveries from Burma to Brazil

    Rudyard Kipling is the doyen of travel writers. His genius for evoking the sights, sounds and atmosphere of a place was crystallised in his fiction, in which he introduced Victorian readers to the drama and exoticism of the East. The teaming, dusty Grand Trunk Road springs to life off the pages of Kim, while the misty heights of imperial Simla provide an identifiable and almost tangible physical ... Leer más

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  • Rudyard Kipling

    de Andrew Lycett ...
    Paragon of English virtues or racist imperialist? Andrew Lycett (acclaimed biographer of Ian Fleming) has returned to primary sources to tell the intricate story of a misunderstood genius who became Britain's most famous and highest earning author. Among the many new sources, Lycett has discovered previously unpublished letters that illuminate Kipling's crucial years in India, his first girlfriend ... Leer más

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  • Kipling and War

    From 'Tommy' to 'My Boy Jack'

    de Andrew Lycett ...
    Although Rudyard Kipling never fought, he was one of Britiain's foremost observers of and commentators on war. Through his writing on the harsh realities of life as a private and accounts of feats of courage and comradeship during the frontier wars in India, 19th century British campaigns in Sudan, the Boer Wars and the First World War, he became the poet of the common soldier. Although he wrote ... Leer más

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  • Kipling and the Sea

    KIPLING may be best known as a commentator on the British Empire, but he was also a vivid observer and chronicler of the sea - and of ships and all who sailed in them. For him the sea was the glue which bound the British Empire together. To reach distant lands, you needed to sail. So Kipling wrote copiously about his own voyages - to India, across the Pacific and Atlantic, down to South Africa and ... Leer más

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  • Barrack-Room Ballads

    Barrack-Room Ballads (1892) brought Rudyard Kipling instant success and established him as a “friend of the soldier.” At the time, British men generally enlisted to escape dire poverty, and the common soldier was held in low regard by the Victorian public—until he was needed to fight. Kipling had great compassion for the British soldier and chose to celebrate him while criticizing the Empire for ... Leer más

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    Ian Fleming

    The Man behind James Bond

    de Andrew Lycett ...
    Narrado por Simon Vance ...

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    21 hora 47 minutos

    Sportsman, womanizer, naval commander, world-traveler, and spy, the creator of the Cold War’s archetypal secret agent was infinitely more complex and interesting than his iconic fictional character, Agent 007. Fleming’s wide-ranging and exciting life inevitably provided the plausible backdrop for his Bond novels. Highly regarded in British naval intelligence for his international contacts, he ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

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    Dylan Thomas

    A New Life

    de Andrew Lycett ...
    Narrado por Simon Vance ...

    Completo

    18 hora 9 minutos

    In this authoritative, fresh, and compelling account of the extraordinary life and enduring work of Dylan Thomas—author of Under Milkwood, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, Adventures in the Skin Trade, Portrait of the Artist As a Young Dog, and numerous poems and stories—Andrew Lycett peels back the layers of story that have accumulated around this extraordinarily talented writer, one of the most ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD