Peter Conradi Libros

Peter Conrad explores the phenomenon of Shakespeare, and assesses Shakespeare's global legacy across every continent and across every genre of the creative arts.

A survey of English poetry, fiction, and drama ranges from the 8th century Beowulf to the present

How did we get from the end of the Cold War to Trump and Putin?

Family Business is Peter J. Conradi's multi-stranded memoir. It explores his Jewish background, his rebellious youth, his sexuality, and his relationship with the novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, who became almost a second family for him. Thoughtfully composed and beautifully written, it is a classic in waiting.

Through newly declassified documents, interviews with surviving family members and original writing by Hanfstaengl himself, Peter Conradi recounts a remarkable life.

The extraordinary follow-up to the international bestseller The King's Speech

A full and revealing biography of one of the century's greatest English writers and an icon to a generation.

Published to coincide with his major new biography of Iris Murdoch, Peter Conradi's acclaimed critical appreciation of her work is reissued in a fully revised and updated new edition, with a foreword by John Bayley. schovat popis

A Dictionary of Interesting and Important Dogs is a wonderful and witty homage to man's most faithful friend.

In this riveting and extensively researched account, Peter Conradi - the celebrated author of The King's Speech - offers an uncompromising portrayal of Europe's royals and reveals the scandals, excesses, conflicts and interests hidden behind the pomp of the ceremonial garb and the grandeur of official functions.