On Wheels

Informationen zum Autor Besides the Lives of Augustus John, Bernard Shaw and Lytton Strachey (which was filmed as Carrington ), Michael Holroyd has written two volumes of memoirs, Basil Street Blues and Mosaic. A Strange Eventful History won the James Tait Black Prize, and was a biography of two great theatrical dynasties which included Henry Irving, Ellen Terry, and her son Edward Gordon Craig. His most recent book, A Book of Secrets , combined memoir with biographies of a number of notable women. He has been president of the Royal Society of Literature and is the first non-fiction writer to have been awarded the British Literature Prize. He lives in London and Somerset with his wife, the novelist Margaret Drabble. Klappentext Weaving together memoir and historical anecdote, he traces his relationship with cars through a lifetime of biography.Learning to drive was no easy matter for Michael: the lessons required military precision when practising how to get in and out of his car correctly. Zusammenfassung Weaving together memoir and historical anecdote, he traces his relationship with cars through a lifetime of biography. Learning to drive was no easy matter for Michael: the lessons required military precision when practising how to get in and out of his car correctly.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Holroyd
• Publisher: Chatto and Windus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2012
• EAN: 9780701187439
• ISBN: 978-0-7011-8743-9
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 119 mm x 184 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; TRANSPORTATION / Automotive / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Motor cars: general interest, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000