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Crikey! How Did That Happen?: The [Refreshingly Unauthorised] Biography of Sir Bertram Wooster, Kg - Couverture souple

Strathcarron, Ian

 
9781789262957: Crikey! How Did That Happen?: The [Refreshingly Unauthorised] Biography of Sir Bertram Wooster, Kg
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 178926295X ISBN 13 : 9781789262957
Editeur : Independent Publishing Network, 2018

Synopsis

Up until now we have only known Bertie Wooster in his mid-twenties; this is his first whole life biography, told in ten short stories at seven year intervals. Thus we first meet Bertie aged seven, in 1907, at Malvern House prep school, then follow him to Eton aged fourteen and Oxford at twenty one. We meet Jeeves when Bertie is twenty-eight and then they go their separate ways: Jeeves to the Royal Household at Buckingham Palace and Bertie to the French Riviera at its most glamorous, causing havoc with Somerset Maugham and Alfred Hitchcock, before being accidentally captured by the Italian fascists and spending Christmas Day 1942 with Mussolini. After WWII Bertie resumes his career in musical cabaret, headlining the Royal Variety Performance in 1949, before being pitched into the machinations of Hollywood at its prime in 1956. In 1963, Bertie, caught up in the zeitgeist, finds himself in the Himalayas with the Maharishi and then we say goodbye to a very much alive Sir Bertram in 1970 in Mustique, where he becomes involved in a murder mystery with many of the leading tax exiles and celebrities of the day.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Up until now we have only known Bertie Wooster in his mid-twenties; this is his first whole life biography, told in ten short stories at seven year intervals. Thus we first meet Bertie aged seven, in 1907, at Malvern House prep school, then follow him to Eton aged fourteen and Oxford at twenty one. We meet Jeeves when Bertie is twenty-eight and then they go their separate ways: Jeeves to the Royal Household at Buckingham Palace and Bertie to the French Riviera at its most glamorous, causing havoc with Somerset Maugham and Alfred Hitchcock, before being accidentally captured by the Italian fascists and spending Christmas Day 1942 with Mussolini.

After WWII Bertie resumes his career in musical cabaret, headlining the Royal Variety Performance in 1949, before being pitched into the machinations of Hollywood at its prime in 1956. In 1963, Bertie, caught up in the zeitgeist, finds himself in the Himalayas with the Maharishi and then we say goodbye to a very much alive Sir Bertram in 1970 in Mustique, where he becomes involved in a murder mystery with many of the leading tax exiles and celebrities of the day.

Revue de presse

I simply adored this book and found it to be refreshing take on Sir Bertram Wooster and his life challenges and the people who influenced and part of his life. This was a great read and I certainly was not disappointed. --thesecretworldofabookblogger blog review

I found Crikey! How Did That Happen? amusing, entertaining and jolly good fun. I think it s a must read for all Wodehouse fans. --lindasbookbag.com bog review

Is a fun, refreshingly original book that will take you on an adventure as well as having you laugh out loud while reading ... a surprising fun and enjoyable book, very recommended! --chicksroguesandscandals blog review

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Éditeur
Independent Publishing Network
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
178926295X
ISBN 13 
9781789262957
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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