Imperial Vanities by Brian Thompson
This title recounts the beginnings of the end of the British Empire through three men - the explorer Samuel Baker, whose second wife was a slave; his brother Valentine, who indecently assaulted a girl on a train and their friend Gordon of Khartoum, who preferred the company of men and the Bible.
On Brian Thompson's previous book: 'Georgina Weldon's life is a story so richly worth telling as to make the common run of biographies seem sadly dullElegant in style, at once sensational and substantial in content, this book is a surprise and delight.'' Lucy Hughes Hallet, Sunday Times 'One of the funniest books of the year. It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at Mrs Weldon's disastrous career.' Miranda Seymour, TLS 'Georgina Weldon is the kind of subject biographers dream aboutBut what makes Thompson's extraordinarily accomplished book so marvellous is his ability to get inside her preposterous skin.' Kathryn Hughes, Sunday Telegraph
Brian Thompson is a novelist and playwright. His first work of non-fiction, A Monkey Amongst Crocodiles: The Disastrous Life of Mrs Georgina Weldon was published to universal acclaim by HarperCollins in May 2000.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780002571883 |
| ISBN 10 | 0002571889 |
| Title | Imperial Vanities |
| Author | Brian Thompson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2002-03-04 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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