Horatio Bottomley (Non-Fiction) - Softcover

Symons, Julian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842329332 ISBN 13: 9781842329337

Verlag: House of Stratus, 2008

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'An equally entertaining and equally disquieting portrait...its construction is impeccable, its tone is beautifully judged', The Spectator

An equally entertaining and equally disquieting portrait...its construction is impeccable, its tone is beautifully judged.--The Spectator

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Horatio Bottomley was one of the most flamboyant characters of the twentieth century. From his inauspicious beginnings as a child in an orphanage, he made a series of extremely shrewd financial investments, went on to achieve Parliamentary success, and was reputed to have a mind to equal the finest legal brains in the country. From these dizzy heights he fell to sudden bankruptcy and the remainder of his life proved to be an eternal repeat of the cycle – huge success (he was nearly included in the post-war cabinet) to complete ruin. In this superb biography, Julian Symons brilliantly captures all the irony and drama in the life of this remarkable man, and creates a very readable, and all-too-poignant story of success and failure.

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• Verlag: House of Stratus
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1842329332
• ISBN 13: 9781842329337
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 252