The Times Great Letters: A Century of Notable Correspondence - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0008249490 ISBN 13 : 9780008249496

Editeur : Times Books, 2017

Synopsis

The perfect gift for history fans.

The Times has the most famous letters page of any newspaper. This delightful selection of over 300 items of correspondence over the last century shows precisely why.

As a forum for debate, playground for opinion-formers, advertising space for decision-makers and noticeboard for eccentrics, nothing rivals it for entertainment value. By turns well-informed, well-intentioned, curious, quirky and bizarre, since 1914 it has taken the temperature of the British way of life and provided a window on the national character.

Among those who have written to The Times to have their say are some of the major political and literary figures of the modern era, including Margaret Thatcher, Benito Mussolini, Graham Greene and John Le Carré. There are contributions, too, from Agatha Christie, Alastair Campbell, AA Milne, Yehudi Menuhin, Theresa May and Morrissey.

If you want to know why kippers are dyed, who first turned up their trousers, how to make perfect porridge or just how to have a letter printed in The Times, this infinitely witty, diverting and memorable anthology should be, sincerely, yours.

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À propos des auteurs

James Owen is an author, historian and journalist who has written regularly for The Times for the last 20 years.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Times Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0008249490
• ISBN 13: 9780008249496
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Éditeur: Owen James, Times Books
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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