Lost Empires
Lost Empires
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Published:
4 June, 2018
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781912101962 |
| ISBN10 | 1912101963 |
| Number Of Pages | 304 |
| Item Weight | 1000 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Great Northern Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
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"My favourite of all his work... a storyteller supreme, a master of his craft." from the introduction by Roy Hudd; "If you've read this before, embark on a return journey. If you haven't, I envy you."from the introduction by Barry Cryer
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Author's Bio
John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984) was one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century. Pre-eminently a dramatist, novelist and social commentator many of his works have become literary classics, among them The Good Companions, Angel Pavement, An Inspector Calls and Time and the Conways. His plays have been translated and performed all over the world and many have been filmed. During the Second World War his regular Sunday night Postscript radio talks attracted audiences of up to 15 million listeners. It was said that he was as popular and as important as Churchill in shoring up the nation's morale and in offering a vision of a better world to come. He was also a founder member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, a champion of public lending rights and represented the UK at two UNESCO conferences. In literary, social and political terms he was very much the last great man of English letters.