Description
About the Author
Humphrey Carpenter began his career working for the BBC and appeared on Radio 3 and 4 many times since. He has written many bestselling, award-winning biographies whose subjects include Tolkein, CS Lewis, Ezra Pound, WH Auden, Bejamin Britten, Spike Milligan. He was a prolific author of childrens' book and a skilled jazz musician. He died in January 2005.
Reviews
Humphrey Carpenter s history of the firm, completed by other hands after his death in 2005, is an evocation of a vanished age - Jeremy Lewis, Daily Telegraph A treasure-trove of fascinating information paced into Humphrey Carpenter s riveting history of the world s longest surviving publishing house...Terrific - Val Hennessy, Daily Mail'The late Humphrey Carpenter, a delightful and generous-minded man to whose memory I doff my cap, died while still at work on the manuscript of Seven Lives' - Independent on Sunday The highs and lows of the literary world are reported with panache in this fascinating book. Superb photographs too - Tatler'The highs and lows of the literary world are reported with panache in this fascinating book. Superb photographs too. - Tatler A fitting tribute to a remarkable publisher' - The Sunday Herald A fine testimony to Humphrey s unobtrusive scholarship and narrative skills...a major contribution to our knowledge of publishing practices and the history of the book - Byron Journal, Andrew Nicholson
Book Information
ISBN 9780719565335
Author Humphrey Carpenter
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher John Murray Press
Weight(grams) 280g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 25mm