Something Sensational to Read in the Train
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Something Sensational to Read in the Train by Gyles Brandreth
This is a diary packed with famous names and extraordinary stories. It is also rich in incidental detail and wonderful observation, providing both a compelling record of five remarkable decades and a revealing, often hilarious and sometimes moving account of Gyles Brandreth s unusual life as a child living in London in the swinging sixties, as a jumper-wearing TV presenter, as an MP and government whip, and as a royal biographer who has enjoyed unique access to the Queen and her family. Something Sensational to Read on the Train takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride from the era of Dixon of Dock Green to the age of The X Factor, from the end of the farthing to the arrival of the euro, from the Britain of Harold Macmillan and the Notting Hill race riots to the world of Barack Obama and Lewis Hamilton. With a cast list that runs from Richard Nixon and Richard Branson to Gordon Brown and David Cameron and includes princes, presidents and pop stars, as well as three archbishops and any number of actresses this is a book for anyone interested in contemporary history, politics and entertainment, royalty, gossip and life itself.
Praise for Gyles Brandreth: - ---Searingly honest, wildly indiscreet, and incredibly funny - Daily MailA touching access to the secrets of the human heart - The TimesA fine and sympathetic writer - Times Literary SupplementBrilliant - Daily TelegraphThis book is a romp, stuffed with anecdotes and wry reflections on life in the artificial world of Westminster and the real world of show business, TV and the stageIt's a perfect winter read - Sunday ExpressOught to be beside everyone's bed...The man is phenomenal - Sunday Express
Gyles Brandreth is a writer, performer, former MP and government whip whose career has ranged from hosting Have I Got News For You to starring in his own award-winning musical revue in London s West End. Currently a reporter with The One Show on BBC1 and a regular on Radio 4 s Just a Minute, his acclaimed Victorian detective stories The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries are now being published in nineteen countries around the world.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781848542396 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848542399 |
| Title | Something Sensational to Read in the Train |
| Author | Gyles Brandreth |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2009-10-29 |
| Number of pages | 720 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |