Maxwell's Ghost: An Epilogue to Gavin Maxwell's Camusfearna - Couverture souple

Frere, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1780270119 ISBN 13 : 9781780270111

Editeur : Birlinn Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Maxwell's Ghost A personal and sympathetic look at the extraordinary man in his last tumultuous year. On first publication in 1976, the book was accused of sensationalism because due to its candid approach on homosexual friendships. Maxwell's Ghost is a grittily honest account of his life. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

First published by Gollancz, then by Balnain, Maxwell's Ghost is a classic account of the life and achievements of Gavin Maxwell, whose work and beliefs have attained an almost mythical status. Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell is one of the most famous and best selling books of natural history in the twentieth century. Yet the man who wrote it remains a fascinating and enduring enigma. This is a personal and sympathetic look at this extraordinary man during his last tumultuous years. Maxwell's Ghost caused a stir when it was published in 1976 because it dealt candidly with its subject's homosexual friendships. This aspect of the man had not been common knowledge even among Maxwell's close friends, and certainly had not been touched upon in the 1969 film of Ring of Bright Water which Frere always called 'notably inane' or in Maxwell's memoir from the previous year, Raven Seek Thy Brother. Frere denied sensationalizing in his book. He said that Maxwell had asked him on his death-bed to write it, and 'demanded that I write a true and impartial account'. Maxwell's Ghost is a grittily honest portrayal of Gavin Maxwell through the destruction of Camusfearna to his final acceptance of the inevitability of his death.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Richard Frere was born at Roydon Hall, Norfolk, in 1922. When Frere was a child, his father moved to Scotland and after private tutoring he went to Inverness Academy. He instinctively took to the Highlands, and over the course of his life he published a number of works on the area as well as on a variety of other subjects, however, he would probably have remained unknown to the wider world had it not been for his association with Gavin Maxwell and the publication of Maxwell's Ghost in 1976. He died in 1999.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Birlinn Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1780270119
• ISBN 13: 9781780270111
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256