Son of Adam

by SirDenisForman (Author), Adam Forman (Illustrator)

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  Paperback
  1993

  $3.25

  Cragielands, the beautiful palladian house in Dumfries where Sir Denis Forman grew up, was home to a household imbued with eccentric, if high-minded heartiness. This memoir of his 1920s boyhood recalls the delights of the life he led. It was shortlisted for the Scottish Book of the Year award.

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  Paperback
  2000

  $6.39

  MY LIFE SO FAR (originally published as SON OF ADAM) is the story of the life of a small boy from his earliest childhood to the age of fourteen, at his family home in Dumfriesshire. The boy was Sir Denis Forman, the former chairman of Granada Television and of the Royal Opera Board; the house was Craigielands, a beautiful Palladian mansion set in wooded parkland beside a lake and teeming with a rich variety of characters whom Denis Forman brings vividly to life.
  These memoirs also describe the germination of his two main interests: entertaining an audience, and music. The first was to lead him - after service in World War Two - into films and television, culminating in CORONATION STREET and THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN. The second gave rise to his involvement with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

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  Hardcover
  1990

  $4.69