Brief Lives: Twentieth-century Pen Portraits from the "Dictionary of National Biography"
By Unknown Author.
Description
Drawn from the archives of "The Dictionary of National Biography", this collection offers nearly 200 sharply drawn profiles of the men and women who have helped shape British national life this century. Full of insight and wit, and often surprisingly frank, these vignettes provide definitive portraits of their subjects by people who knew them personally. Writers, artists, and musicians rub shoulders with scientists, industrialists, politicians, and soldiers in this highly readable celebration of national endeavour and achievement. From Laura Ashley to Evelyn Waugh, Tony Hancock to...
ISBN(s)
0198600879, 9780198600879
