Letters of Noel Coward: Diaries, Letters and Essays by Noel Coward
With virtually all the letters in this volume previously unpublished - this is a revealing new insight into the private life of a legendary figure. Coward's multi-faceted talent as an actor, writer, composer, producer and even as a war-time spy(!), brought him into close contact with the great, the good and the merely ambitious in film, literature
and politics.
With letters to and from the likes of: George Bernard Shaw, Virginia Woolf, Winston Churchill, Greta Garbo (she wrote asking him to marry her), Marlene Dietriech, Ian Fleming, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Fred Astaire, Charlie Chaplin, FD Roosevelt, the Queen Mother and many more, the picture that emerges is a series of vivid sketches of Noel Coward's private relationships, and a re-examination
of the man himself.
Deliciously insightful, witty, perfectly bitchy, wise, loving and often surprisingly moving, this extraordinary collection gives us Coward at his crackling best. A sublime portrait of a unique artist who made an indelible mark on the 20th century, from the Blitz to the Ritz and beyond.
Paperback | 800 pages
156 x 234 x 40.39mm | 842g
19 Sep 2008
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Methuen Drama
London, United Kingdom
English
150 Photographs
1408106752
9781408106754
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor (barely visible) scuff marks along the edges, but no holes or tears. There is some very minor discolouring to the top-left corner of the front cover. All pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins (except for the first page in the book which is signed: "Daniel Nov 09" in black pen). No missing pages.