Books
by Nicholas Shakespeare
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Bruce Chatwin |
Probably the ultimate biography of the cult writer who died in 1987 at the age of 48. The author describes in much detail the travelling and research involved in the gestation of each of Chatwin's books. At the same time he covers the different phases of his hectic, erratic and unconventional life and relationships. If you are a Chatwin devotee, you will find this fascinating reading. I'm not but nevertheless did.
(Jeremy Swann - bwl 5 October 2000) |
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Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister |
A riveting account of the turbulent period in 1940 when the political establishement was convulsed as to who should succeed Neville Chamberlain. From the Royal family down, Lord Halifax - despite not sitting in the Commons - was the hot favourite. He refused to be nominated while the man of destiry waited in the wings and the Nazis were at the gates. Fate at the last minute intervened. The rest is history. I lived through it. It was a damned close run thing.
(David Graham - bwl 88 Spring 2018) |
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