Hugo Vickers
Autore di Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: www.hugovickers.co.uk/home.htm?nav=home
Opere di Hugo Vickers
Book of the Royal Wedding 5 copie
The Crown Dissected 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Unexpurgated Beaton: The Cecil Beaton Diaries as He Wrote Them, 1970-1980 (2002) — Introduzione — 145 copie
Burke's royal families of the world, Volume I Europe & Latin America (1977) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 14 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1951-11-12
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Istruzione
- Eton College
Strasbourg University - Organizzazioni
- Chairman of the Jubilee Walkway Trust
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Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 33
- Opere correlate
- 6
- Utenti
- 1,127
- Popolarità
- #22,790
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 13
- ISBN
- 76
- Lingue
- 1
Hugo Vickers's life took a dramatic turn in 1979 when the legendary Sir Cecil Beaton invited him to be his authorised biographer. The excitement of working with the famous photographer was dashed only days later when Cecil Beaton died. But the journey had begun - Vickers was entrusted with Beaton's papers, diaries and, most importantly, access to his friends and contemporaries.
In Malice in Wonderland , Vickers shares excerpts from his personal diaries kept during this period. For five years, Vickers travelled the world and talked to some of the most fascinating and important social and cultural figures of the time, including royalty such as the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, film stars such as Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and Julie Andrews, writers such as Truman Capote, and photographers such as Irving Penn and Horst. And not only Beaton's friends - Vickers sought out the enemies too, notably Irene Selznick. He was taken under the wings of Lady Diana Cooper, Clarissa Avon and Diana Vreeland.
Drawn into Beaton's world and accepted by its members, Vickers the emerging biographer also began his own personal adventure. The outsider became the insider - Beaton's friends became his friends. Malice in Wonderland is a fascinating portrait of a now disappeared world, and vividly and sensitively portrays some of its most fascinating characters as we travel with Vickers on his quest.… (altro)