John Gielgud Libros

La novela de Charles Dickens retrata un mundo dividido entre París y Londres durante la tumultuosa Revolución Francesa. La historia comienza con la liberación del Dr. Manette, quien ha pasado dieciocho años como prisionero político en la Bastilla, reuniéndose con su hija en Inglaterra. Allí, dos hombres contrastantes—Charles Darnay, un aristócrata francés exiliado, y Sydney Carton, un brillante pero desprestigiado abogado inglés—se entrelazan a través de su amor por Lucie Manette. Mientras navegan por las pacíficas calles de Londres, se ven inevitablemente atraídos hacia el violento caos de París durante el Reinado del Terror, donde enfrentan la sombría realidad de La Guillotine. La obra captura la amplitud de la visión de Dickens, explorando la mezcla de drama épico y tragedia personal en la narrativa. Celebrado por su impacto duradero, Dickens ha dejado una huella indeleble en la literatura.

This short biography of William Shakespeare by world famous writer Bill Bryson brims with the author's inimitable wit and intelligence.

In "An Actor and His Time" John Gielgud tells the story of his life in the theatre - a story already enjoyed by millions of radio listeners and which tells of the plays he starred in and directed, and of the actors and actresses he knew. And, as the curtain rises on Ellen Terry, on Sarah Bernhardt, on Mrs Patrick Campbell, Sir Ralph Richardson, Richard Burton and many others, sixty glorious years of British theatre unfold before our eyes.

'In this comprehensive volume, we see the actor in a range of roles: loving son, wicked gossip, star actor, indecisive director, anguished lover, brilliant anecdotist¿This splendid book reveals an infinitely complicated and attractive character. We may not look upon his like again' Jonathan Croall, SpectatorThe above quotes sums it up - this astonishing collection of letters brings us up close to one of the foremost, and best loved, actors of this century. John Gielgud wrote letters almost every day of his adult life. Whether at home in London or abroad, he delighted in recounting what he felt about events around him. Here for the first time - and not previously available to biographers - are Gielgud's love letters. They show that he was not shy is expressing the intimacies of personal relationships. He also loved gossip and writes about his contemporaries, including the great actors of period: Olivier, Richardson, Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft, Edith Evans and the like. A revealing account but also a hugely warm and compelling insight into a man of many sides.