Summary
We begin at the beginning according to Liz Calder, Groucho’s inventor. Liz’s friend and fellow publisher and founder Carmen Callil called her ‘probably the most magnificent of the generation of women who changed things; who moved the centre of the universe, of vision, and gave it a jolt’. The opening of the Groucho Club in 1985 was a part of that jolt. Dreamt up by a group of publishers as an alternative to stuffy gentleman’s clubs who wanted somewhere to meet and relax, they approached An…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848094703 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848094701 |
| Author: | Alice Patten |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Preface Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 18 June 2015 |
| Weight: | 2.02kg |
| Dimensions: | 300mm x 260mm x 31mm |
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a vibrant, colourful and endlessly fascinating book
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About The Author
Alice Patten
Alice Patten is an actress and writer.She grew up in London and Hong Kong and studied Modern Languages at Queens’ College, Cambridge.She has performed in the West End, an award winning Bollywood film and television including The Musketeers and Downton Abbey.After years of enjoying the Groucho Club’s kind hospitality she has joined forces with them to write the Club’s autobiography. The Groucho Club: Our First Thirty Years.This is her first book.
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