Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972)
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Author Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool, England on January 17, 1883. He studied law at Magdalen College in Oxford, but stopped in 1907 to focus on his writing career. He served with British Intelligence during World War I and later published four books about his experiences during mostra altro this time. He published ninety books including The Passionate Elopement, Carnival, and Sinister Street. He was also a broadcaster and founded and edited the magazine Gramophone. He was knighted in 1952 and died in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 30, 1972. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Photo by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1914 (courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery; image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)
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Opere di Compton Mackenzie
Echoes 8 copie
Paper Lives 6 copie
The Old Men of the Sea 4 copie
Catmint 3 copie
Paradise for sale 3 copie
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 2 copie
Santa Claus in Summer 2 copie
Cats' Company 2 copie
Mieze 1 copia
Gramophone Nights 1 copia
Coral 1 copia
For Sale 1 copia
Calvary 1 copia
The Oxford point of view 1 copia
Cernival 1 copia
SYLVIA SCARLETT SAGA: The Early Life And Adventures Of Sylvia Scarlett Sylvia & Michael: The Later Adventures Of Sylvia… (2018) 1 copia
venetian Affair, The 1 copia
The conceited doll 1 copia
Raketipalavik : [romaan] 1 copia
Ballet de ocho 1 copia
The Gentleman in Grey 1 copia
Darkening Green 1 copia
Sylvia Scarlett 1 copia
Tante Marie's French Kitchen 1 copia
Secret Island 1 copia
Certain Aspects of Moral Courage 1 copia
Look At Cats 1 copia
Sidelight 1 copia
The Vital Flame 1 copia
Again to the North 1 copia
A Musical Chair 1 copia
Opere correlate
To Catch a Spy: An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories (1964) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni; Collaboratore — 46 copie
Rosemary — Collaboratore — 1 copia
The New Decameron, the Third day — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Compton
- Data di nascita
- 1883-01-17
- Data di morte
- 1972-11-30
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Eolaigearraidh, Barra, Western Isles, Scotland
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- West Hartlepool, Durham, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Istruzione
- St Paul's School, London
Oxford University(Magdalen College) - Attività lavorative
- novelist
playwright
spy (WWI)
co-founder of the Scottish National Party
biographer - Relazioni
- Faith Compton Mackenzie (wife)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
Knight Bachelor
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 140
- Opere correlate
- 24
- Utenti
- 2,247
- Popolarità
- #11,410
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 48
- ISBN
- 284
- Lingue
- 7
- Preferito da
- 2
It looks like a book that Mackenzie was commissioned to write, although I can find no details that this was the case. It is a sympathetic story as far as the founders and owners of the works are concerned and tells the story from the beginning with the establishment of the first worksop at Caughley some 4 miles from Coalbrookdale on the banks of the river where it was established as a major pottery works. It specialised in fine hand painted bone china with its production method being a closely guarded secret for a number of years. The factory was established by William Reynolds and was then owned outright by John Rose. It made a connection with the Sèvres the porcelain city just outside Paris, where patterns were exchanged and workers were persuaded to come over to England.
In 1799 there was a ferry-boat disaster when the ferry transporting workers across the river Severn capsized and 28 people were drowned. Under The Rose familie's management the company established itself as a leading producer of fine pottery, but spiralled into a slow decline. In 1885 it was taken over by the Bruff family and John Bruff revived its fortunes for a time. The first world war and then in 1923 a long strike made it increasingly unprofitable and the old factory was sold dismantled and rebuilt in Shelton Staffordshire. It then became part of the Crescent works in Stoke on Trent and Mackenzie's final chapter is a walk through the factory in 1950 with some pictures of the workers hand painting the pottery items, some surviving from Coalport.
The book which looked to be finely illustrated serves its purpose as a story of Coalport pottery, it is more a story of the ownership and the people who worked there, than a technical explanation of the production of the pottery. 3 stars.… (altro)