Vintage Roger
Letters from the POW Years
$21.90
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
22 June 2021
Summary
‘I never usually know what to give the men in my life but I’ve found the perfect book: VINTAGE ROGER by Roger Mortimer, a collection of letters from the author’s war years. He manages to be hilariously funny, even about the most gruesome encounters. I laughed and cried and enjoyed every word’ Jilly Cooper (festive pick)
I think prison has done me very little harm and some good. I am now far better read, far less smug and conceited, far more tolerant and considerab…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472132239 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472132238 |
| Author: | Roger Mortimer, Charlie Mortimer |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 22 June 2021 |
| Weight: | 160g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 124mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
Full of [Mortimer’s] trademark gallows humour and laconic self-deprecation * Daily Mail *For Dear Lupin fans Vintage Roger provides an interesting prequel that gives fresh insight into the life of one of the twentieth century’s most amusing letter writers and top Dads * The Critic *Charming * The Oldie *I am in love with Roger Mortimer and his book Vintage Roger. From his descriptions both of pre-war life in the Coldstream Guards, and of the war itself, he brings all the surrounding characters vividly to life. Nor does he ever grumble but manages to be hilariously funny about the most gruesome experiences - particularly in his letters home during five years in a German Prisoner of War camp. Most touching of all is the reciprocal love between him and his son Charlie (Lupin) who edited the book. You will laugh and cry reading Vintage Roger, but you will also relish every word * Jilly Cooper CBE *
About The Author
Roger Mortimer
ROGER MORTIMER was born in 1909 and educated at Eton and RMC Sandhurst. In 1930 he was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards and saw action in Palestine eight years later. He fought with the British Expeditionary Force in Belgium in 1940 and was taken as a POW for the remainder of the war. He left the army in 1947 and became, among other things, racing correspondent for the Sunday Times for almost thirty years. He wrote several classic books on racing including The History of the Derby. He met Cynthia Denison-Pender in 1947 and was married the same year. They had two daughters: Jane and Louise, and one son Charles. Roger died in 1991.
CHARLIE MORTIMER was educated at Wellesley House and, reluctantly, Eton. He was, among many other things, in the Coldstream Guards and for over two decades ‘consigliere’ to flamboyant antiques dealer the late John Hobbs. Currently he works as a director of Jamb Ltd and together with his partner Tim collects contemporary art which they then loan to institutions all over the world. He edited his late father’s letters to him in the Sunday Times bestseller Dear Lupin, which was subsequently adapted into a West End play.
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