The Scholar Gypsy: The Quest for a Family Secret - Hardcover

Sampson, Anthony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719557089 ISBN 13: 9780719557088

Verlag: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

Physical description; 229 p., 8 p. of plates : ill., facsim, ports ; 23 cm. Subjects; Sampson, John 1862-1931. Sampson, John. Sampson Family. Philologists - Great Britain - Biography. Romanies - Wales, North - Social life and customs. Lexicographers - Great Britain - Biography.

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Reseña del editor:

Anthony Sampson knew his grandfather, John, had been an authority on the gypsies, but very little was told of his private life. Using rhymes, letters, and illustrations, this work follows a trail of clues to uncover a hidden life and a gypsy world now disappeared.

Biografía del autor:

Anthony Sampson was educated at Westminster and Oxford and after a spell as a naval officer he went to Johannesburg and edited the black magazine Drum, becoming a friend of young ANC revolutionaries. He then joined the Observer, but left to write The Anatomy of Britain and became a full time author, writing best-sellers investigating oil companies, arms dealers and bankers. He was editorial adviser to the Brandt Commission, director of the New Statesman, trustee of the Guardian and chairman of the Society of Authors, and he wrote the authorised biography of Nelson Mandela.

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• Verlag: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0719557089
• ISBN 13: 9780719557088
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 239