Description
About the Author
BAMBER GASCOIGNE is perhaps best known as the presenter of the popular British television quiz show University Challenge between 1962 and 1987. He wrote and presented a thirteen-part TV series, The Christians (1977), which led to a bestselling book, and another, Man and Music. Gascoigne was for a number of years a drama critic for the Spectator and the Observer. He won scholarships to Eton and Cambridge and a Harkness Fellowship to Yale. He is the author of a number of books on theatre, art and cultural history, often in partnership with his wife Christina. Several of his books, including A Brief History of the Great Moghuls, contain photographs taken by her.
Reviews
A triumphant success... a rich mosaic of prose and picture. * The Times *
A triumphant success... a rich mosaic of prose and picture. * The Times *
This is a remarkable book... both readable and scholarly, therefore genuinely illuminating. * Guardian *
This is a remarkable book... both readable and scholarly, therefore genuinely illuminating. * Guardian *
This book is first a delight, then an education... lavishly and beautifully illustrated... unflawed elegance. * Church Times *
This book is first a delight, then an education... lavishly and beautifully illustrated... unflawed elegance. * Church Times *
Book Information
ISBN 9781841197104
Author Bamber Gascoigne
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Robinson Publishing
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 200g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 24mm