Nicholas Shakespeare
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Nicholas William Shakespeare is a British novelist and biographer who was born on March 3, 1957, in Worcester. He attended Winchester College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He worked as a journalist for BBC Television and later as an arts and literary editor for "The Times". He soon after began visa mer his writing career. His first books include The Men Who Would Be king: A Look at Royalty in Exile, Londoners, and The Vision of Elena Silves. His later works include Inheritance, Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin, and Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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“Odd Job Man and Language!” 1 exemplar
The Death of Marat (in OX-TALES Earth) 1 exemplar
"Signifying something" in ARB, May 2001 1 exemplar
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- Vedertaget namn
- Shakespeare, Nicholas
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Shakespeare, Nicholas William Richmond
- Födelsedag
- 1957-03-03
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Födelseort
- Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK
- Bostadsorter
- Tasmania, Australia
- Utbildning
- Magdalene College, Cambridge University (BA|1978)
Winchester College
Dragon School - Yrken
- biographer
novelist - Relationer
- Johnson, Gillian (spouse)
- Organisationer
- All Souls College, Oxford University
Oxfam - Priser och utmärkelser
- Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (1999)
Granta's Best of Young British Novelists (1993)
Somerset Maugham Award (1989)
Betty Trask Award (1990)
American Library Association Award (1997)
BAFTA Award for Best Documentary (2001) (visa alla 8)
Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Documentary (2001)
Tasmania Book Prize (2007)
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- Verk
- 23
- Även av
- 19
- Medlemmar
- 1,975
- Popularitet
- #13,022
- Betyg
- 3.9
- Recensioner
- 49
- ISBN
- 155
- Språk
- 10
The vision itself is hurriedly explained away in a rather farcical way at the end. At the end of the book, the feeling of hopelessness establishes itself firmly. There is just no redeeming feature to any character stuck beside the river in a town called Belén (Bethlehem).
Aside from this, Nicholas Shakespeare writes well and with intelligence.… (mer)