Father, Dear Father: Life with Woodrow Wyatt - Brossura

Wyatt, Petronella

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0099297604 ISBN 13: 9780099297604

Casa editrice: Arrow Books Ltd, 2000

Riassunto

Petronella Wyatt writes: 'The eccentricities of my father, Lord (Woodrow) Wyatt (1918-1997), are a legend. I, his only daughter, was required to participate in his astonishing behaviour with all the enthusiasm I could muster. This resulted in a childhood of a kind unknown to the late 20th-century - a mixture of Edwardian extravagance, Victorian whimsicality and a vivid 18th-century haute sophistication. 'Father was the last of the old school. Described by his friend and former political rival Roy Jenkins as 'the ultimate original', he was a politician, writer, race-horse owner, womaniser and bon vivant - a unique product of pre-war English civilisation. His career ensured him a varied circle of friends. I grew up with such companions as Harold Macmillan, Margaret Thatcher, Rupert Murdoch, Robin Day, Sir James Goldsmith, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, the Duke of Devonshire and much of Debrett's Peerage. 'Each chapter of the book will contain personal and historically important anecdotes about the famous that have never before appeared in print and which will generate considerable news coverage. What I am writing is a waspish social document - irreverent, satirical, dramatic and scandalous, disclosing how the privileged enjoy their privileges

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Recensione:

"A rollicking comic memoir" - TLS
"The girl can write." - Independent

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Arrow Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0099297604
• ISBN 13: 9780099297604
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 244