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Beverley Nichols: A Life

Name: Beverley Nichols: A Life
Author: Connon, Bryan
ISBN: 9781604690446

by Connon, Bryan

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Overview

This biography, first published in 1991, will be of interest to the thousands of readers who have come to know Nichols through his garden books. They will discover an altogether more complex personality than the witty, sometimes sardonic persona he created in his writings.

About the Author, Connon, Bryan

Bryan Connon, a Celt, was educated in Brighton and London and has worked in farming, the theatre, and financial marketing. He is a broadcaster, critic and lecturer, and has written scripts for cinema and television. His most recent book is a history of W. Somerset Maugham and family. At present he is preparing a life of Oliver Goldsmith, the eighteenth century Irish poet, essayist and playwright.