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Lost Empires

Lost Empires

by J.B.Priestley (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

    $11.79
Synopsis

In the months before the First World War, Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle's illusionist act on the Music Hall stage where he comes into contact with larger than life, garish and outrageous characters. Both funny and sad, Lost Empires tells of a young man's awakening to the world of love and sex, and is also a richly coloured portrait of a dying world of theatre and of lives and a society that the Great War would soon change irrevocably. Received with rave reviews when first published in 1965, this Priestley classic was later made into a major television series starring Colin Firth. Priestley delivers a captivating and authentic snapshot of a fascinating period in theatre history whilst creating a social drama with believable and absorbing characterisation.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Publisher: Great Northern Books Ltd
Published: 04 Jun 2018
ISBN 10: 1912101963
ISBN 13: 9781912101962

Media Reviews
My favourite of all his work... a storyteller supreme, a master of his craft. from the introduction by Roy Hudd; If you've read this before, embark on a return journey. If you haven't, I envy you. from the introduction by Barry Cryer
Author Bio
John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984) was one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century. Pre-eminently a dramatist, novelist and social commentator many of his works have become literary classics, among them The Good Companions, Angel Pavement, An Inspector Calls and Time and the Conways. His plays have been translated and performed all over the world and many have been filmed. During the Second World War his regular Sunday night Postscript radio talks attracted audiences of up to 15 million listeners. It was said that he was as popular and as important as Churchill in shoring up the nation's morale and in offering a vision of a better world to come. He was also a founder member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, a champion of public lending rights and represented the UK at two UNESCO conferences. In literary, social and political terms he was very much the last great man of English letters.