My Father: Reith of the BBC - Hardcover

Leishman, Marista

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0715208349 ISBN 13: 9780715208342

Verlag: ST ANDREW PR, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Drama was at the heart of the volcanic life of Lord Reith. Through the eyes of his daughter, we see, for the first time, into the personal story of a man who made a legendary contribution to British culture.Towering 6'6" tall, Reith was an easy target for a sniper during the first World War. The scar on his cheek, from the wound that almost killed him, heightened his commanding appearance. His immense gifts of oratory and organisation - and his great reserves of energy - stamped their mark on the fledgling BBC. From an office little bigger than a broom cupboard, an institution was formed whose standards to this day have the respect of the world.Reith's compelling story also includes a perilous wartime journey with his young family across the Atlantic, a stormy relationship with Churchill, the abdication of a king and much more besides.Larger than life, he was a man of excessive contradictions, with the heights of outrageous success matched by bitter, black despair. Personal qualities that marked him out as exceptional on the world stage were just as intense in their private infliction of damage on himself and his family.

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Marista Leishman grew up in the dramatic and awkward household of Sir John Reith. She attended a rigorous boarding school and then St Andrews University. After graduating with a degree in English and Philosophy, she spent time fundraising.

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• Verlag: ST ANDREW PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0715208349
• ISBN 13: 9780715208342
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
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