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Jericho by Dirk Bogarde 9781448206827
Booksplease Price: £13.99First published in 1991, this is Dirk Bogarde's fourth novel.With his divorce proceedings looming, writer William Caldicott is in desperate need of some respite. As fate would have it, he receives a... -
Backcloth by Dirk Bogarde 9781448208227
Booksplease Price: £16.88First published in 1986, Backcloth is volume four of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirs Filling the gaps left between his previous memoirs, as well as highlighting new episodes, Backcloth explores... -
Snakes and Ladders by Dirk Bogarde 9781448217205
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £14.41First published in 1978, Snakes and Ladders is volume two of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirs Snakes and Ladders follows Bogarde from the challenges of his army training camp at Catterick,... -
For the Time Being by Dirk Bogarde 9781448208289
Booksplease Price: £16.98_______________'Such a companionable writer you just don't want to let him go' - The Times_______________First published in 1998, For the Time Being brings together Dirk Bogarde's published work... -
A Period of Adjustment by Dirk Bogarde 9781448206858
Booksplease Price: £16.21First published in 1994, this is Dirk Bogarde's fifth novel.Following on from his previous novel, Jericho, evoking the manifold themes and compelling rural French atmosphere of its predecessor, A... -
A Gentle Occupation by Dirk Bogarde 9781448206841
Booksplease Price: £18.18Originally published in 1980, this is Dirk Bogarde's first novel.In the uneasy aftermath of WWII, a group of ordinary British soldiers and their families find themselves stationed as peacekeepers at... -
Great Meadow by Dirk Bogarde 9781448208241
Booksplease Price: £14.10________________ 'He has brought back a land of lost content, and its lamps still shine' - TLS ________________ First published in 1992, Great Meadow is volume five of Bogarde's best-selling... -
An Orderly Man: A Memoir by Dirk Bogarde
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.77________________ 'Absorbing... his gift for dialogue is exceptional' - The Observer ________________ First published in 1983, An Orderly Man is volume three of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling... -
Voices in the Garden by Dirk Bogarde 9781448206803
Booksplease Price: £17.19First published 1981, this is Dirk Bogarde's second novel.The fabulous but wavering old Lady "Cuckoo" Peverill, lives with her husband, Napoleon-mad military historian, Archie. Dissatisfied and... -
A Postillion Struck by Lightning by Dirk Bogarde
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78______________ First published in 1977, A Postillion Struck by Lightning is volume one of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirs. Following Bogarde from childhood through adolescence, to the... -
Closing Ranks by Dirk Bogarde 9781448206834
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.62First published in 1997, this is Dirk Bogarde's sixth and final novel.The Grayles have lived at Hartleap since Canute. They know this and are proud of the fact. Now they stand around the deathbed of... -
West of Sunset by Dirk Bogarde 9781448206810
Booksplease Price: £16.21First published in 1984, this is Dirk Bogarde's third novel.Set in the shadow of Hollywood opulence - the gaudy wastes of Los Angeles - West of Sunset is a sharp and potent satire of movie-making... -
Cleared for Take-Off by Dirk Bogarde 9781448208265
Booksplease Price: £13.99______________ 'A charming and entertaining read by a born storyteller' - Sunday Express ______________ First published in 1997, Cleared for Take-Off is the final volume of Dirk Bogarde's... -
A Particular Friendship: Letters by Dirk Bogarde 9781448208180
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £12.61_______________ 'An absorbing volume' - The Spectator _______________ First published in 1989, A Particular Friendship is a collection of letters following Dirk Bogarde's first four memoirs. ... -
Collected Screenplays 1 by Harold Pinter
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £18.31There is no writer who excels at the art of adaptation for the screen so much as Harold Pinter. His consummate skill and unerring ear for dialogue, coupled with his sensitivity and understanding of... -
A Short Walk from Harrods: A Memoir by Dirk Bogarde 9781448208302
Booksplease Price: £15.21Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Dirk Bogarde: Matinee Idol, Art House Star David Huckvale 9781476678030
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £25.19English actor Dirk Bogarde dominated the films in which he starred. Exploring the tension between his matinee idol appeal and his own closeted sexuality, this book focuses on the wide variety of... -
Campbell's Kingdom by Hammond Innes
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.15WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDY MCNABHe was a man without hope, until a lawyer and a crazy inheritance spurred him to one last desperate roll of the dice.The old man was convinced, against all evidence,... -
British Cinema in the Fifties: Gender, Genre and the 'New Look' by Christine Geraghty 9780415171588
RRP: £40.99Booksplease Price: £37.52In the fifties British cinema won large audiences with popular war films and comedies, creating stars such as Dirk Bogarde and Kay Kendall, and introducing the stereotypes of war hero, boffin and... -
Fifty Years Of Carry On by Richard Webber
Booksplease Price: £13.73In August 1958, the opening scenes of a low-budget black and white film flickered onto cinema screens up and down the country. No one could have foreseen what impact Carry on Sergeant would have then... -
The Periodic Table by Primo Levi 9780241956816
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31'So it happens, therefore, that every element says something to someone'Inspired by the rhythms of the Periodic Table, Primo Levi assesses his life in terms of the chemical elements he associates... -
The Gaze and the Labyrinth: The Cinema of Liliana Cavani by Gaetana Marrone
RRP: £58.00Booksplease Price: £46.49In this, the first comprehensive book on Liliana Cavani, Gaetana Marrone redraws the map of postwar Italian cinema to make room for this extraordinary filmmaker, whose representations of... -
Victim by John Coldstream 9781844574278
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £11.85Victim (1961) was a landmark in the history both of the cinema and of British society. This modest black-and-white thriller, produced by Michael Relph and directed by Basil Dearden, tackled... -
Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95A second idyllic helping of rural life in France from the bestselling author of the classic A YEAR IN PROVENCE. Skulking through customs with a suitcase full of truffles, toads singing the... -
!["Tonio Kroger", "Death in Venice" and Other Writings by Frederick A. Lubich 9780826409713](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/5370403/5447660/9780826409713__35098.1725137110.jpg?c=1 ""Tonio Kroger", "Death in Venice" and Other Writings by Frederick A. Lubich 9780826409713")
"Tonio Kroger", "Death in Venice" and Other Writings by Frederick A. Lubich 9780826409713
Booksplease Price: £40.79Thomas Mann (1875-1955) won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1929. This is a collection of his shorter works. "Death in Venice", later filmed by Lucion Visconti starring Dirk Bogarde, was published... -
Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23Jane Austen is the definitive biography of one of Britain's best-loved novelists, from the acclaimed author of Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, Charles Dickens: A Life and The Invisible Woman'As... -
The Wind Cannot Read by Richard Mason 9781509852413
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.42Winner of the 1948 John Llewellyn Rhys PrizeA poignant novel of forbidden love, The Wind Cannot Read is the story of Michael Quinn, an English airman, who falls in love with Sabby, his Japanese... -
The Faber Book of London by A. N. Wilson
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51From the Great Fire of 1666 to the Blitz of the Second World War, from the building of the Tower of London to the building of Canary Wharf, London has always been much more than just a capital city... -
Loving Without Tears by Molly Keane 9781844084050
Booksplease Price: £18.18Angel, formidable hostess, social charmer and mother par excellence, confidently awaits the return of her little boy from the trials of war. She could not anticipate that the teenager who went away... -
Close up by J Fraser 9781840025040
Booksplease Price: £21.94In this acclaimed autobiography, John Fraser takes us from the council estates of prewar Glasgow to the glamour of 1960 s Hollywood and beyond. Funny, honest and acutely observant about himself, his... -
The Films of Joseph Losey James Palmer 9780521387804
RRP: £21.00Booksplease Price: £20.41The Films of Joseph Losey examines the career of the expatriot director through a close analysis of five of his most important and challenging films. When his leftist politics made him a target of... -
The Films of Joseph Losey by James Palmer 9780521383868
RRP: £42.00Booksplease Price: £41.19The Films of Joseph Losey examines the career of the expatriot director through a close analysis of five of his most important and challenging films. When his leftist politics made him a target of... -
From the Battlefield to the Big Screen: Famous Actors in the Second World War by Melody Foreman
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £19.23Look closely behind the lives of the stars who appeared in a host of legendary war films and discover how memories of their real-life experiences in the armed forces were haunted with heartbreak and... -
British Queer Cinema by Robin Griffiths
RRP: £40.99Booksplease Price: £37.52British Queer Cinema draws together a diverse range of innovative new essays that explore, for the first time, the provocative history of lesbian, gay and queer representation in British cinema.From... -
A Voyage Around the Queen Craig Brown 9780008557522
RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £17.84From one of the funniest writers of our time, the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of One Two Three Four and Ma'am Darling turns his attention to Queen Elizabeth II in an...Qty in Cart: 0Price:RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £17.84Subtotal: -
Crumpled Trumpet Anthony Cherry 9781836285519
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16Anthony Cherry's career with the BBC has spanned more than forty years. He began as a clerk in the library before becoming a sound engineer and then producer. 'Crumpled Trumpet' takes us from his... -
Ill Met By Moonlight W. Stanley Moss 9781780226231
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.78NOW WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY W. STANLEY MOSS'S DAUGHTER GABRIELLA BULLOCK AND AN AFTERWORD BY PATRICK LEIGH FERMORIll Met By Moonlight is the true story of one of the most hazardous missions of the... -
A House in Flanders by Michael Jenkins
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.78In 1951 Michael Jenkins, then 14 years old, spent the summer with 'the aunts in Flanders'. His 'aunts' were a group of elderly women whose connection to his family had never been explained but they... -
The Fever Tree by Richard Mason 9781509852451
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £11.06From the bestselling author of The World of Susie Wong, a breathtakingly cinematic story full of tragedy and romance, set in 1950s India.Englishman Richard Birkett lives for danger and adventure, so... -
Guide to British Cinema by Geoff Mayer 9780313303074
Booksplease Price: £70.54Scholarly and popular interest in British cinema has never been stronger, with films ranging from the Merchant/Ivory pictures through Notting Hill finding both critical and commercial success in...