The Dandy: Peacock or Enigma? - Couverture rigide

Rodgers, Nigel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1903071305 ISBN 13 : 9781903071304

Editeur : Bene Factum Publishing Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

The Dandy is not just an elaborately or even well-dressed man nor is he an exclusively English phenomenon. He is something far more universal and intriguing. The author captures the lives of the Dandies. Their stories are told against a backdrop of revolutions and war, the world s great cities (London, Paris, New York, Hollywood, Moscow, Berlin), and amid financial and sexual scandals. All too often Dandies lived in luxury but died in penury. The Dandy's place in history is assured. Not because Dandies have made any major contributions to politics, economics or warfare, but because they were, and continue to be, figures of huge cultural significance sometimes bafflingly enigmatic, always iconic.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nigel Rodgers is the author of 16 books on subjects ranging from Roman architecture to travel and philosophy and has been translated into eleven languages. Among his books are Incredible Optical Illusions (Simon and Schuster), Hitler (Hodder and Stoughton), Roman Empire and The Ancient Greek World (Anness), Roman Architecture (Southwater). With Mel Thompson he has written Existentialism Made Easy (Hodder) and the highly acclaimed Philosophers Behaving Badly (Peter Owen). He was educated in England, France, and Italy and read History and History of Art at Cambridge; he was a founder member of the Siesta Club (logo Crossed Hammocks), lives in Wiltshire and, in the moments between his siestas, he writes!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bene Factum Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1903071305
• ISBN 13: 9781903071304
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Buchpark GmbH; gpsr@buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne