Bedford Park
$20.16
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
11 August 2014
Summary
An evocative historical thriller based in one of London’s original suburbs.
Set in 1912, Bedford Park is not just a London suburb: it is a crucible for enlightenment and modernity inhabited by people who wish to better themselves - and those who should know better. It is a singular place, architecturally sidestepping the modern whilst encouraging those with new ideas to take up residence.
Into this mix sails Cal Kidd from America. In a coffee-house he makes th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780228389 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1780228384 |
| Author: | Bryan Appleyard |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 11 August 2014 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 132mm x 28mm |
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There are great science writers and there are great art writers - and then there’s Bryan Appleyard. He’s both.– John Humphreys
BEDFORD PARK is a witty and erudite historical novel, set mostly in London in the late-Victorian and Edwardian eras … It is also a brilliantly lively, often very funny reconstruction of a lost world of artistic endeavour and social idealism through which Appleyard’s American abroad wanders in a fruitless search for his true self - SUNDAY TIMES
There are great writers and there are great arts writers - and then there’s Bryan Appleyard. He’s bothAppleyard is scientifically literate, vigorous and intelligent … essential reading - OBSERVERBryan Appleyard is our foremost guide to understanding contemporary culture. This exploration of what it means to be human today grips the reader from the front pageBryan Appleyard is that rarest of birds, a journalist who can mine factual subjects for their poetic resonance right across the spectrum. He is our main man for this kind of writingOne of the most interesting, curious, cultured and trenchant writers on this planetAbout The Author
Bryan Appleyard
Bryan Appleyard was educated at Bolton School and King’s College, Cambridge. He was Financial News Editor and Deputy Arts Editor at The Times until 1984. He has subsequently written for many publications including the Sunday Times, the New York Times, Vanity Fair, the Spectator and the New Statesman. He has been Feature Writer of the Year three times at the British Press Awards and Interviewer of the Year once. In the 2019 Birthday Honours list he was appointed Commander of the British Empire for services to the arts and journalism.
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