WHICKER’S WAR - Softcover

Whicker, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007205082 ISBN 13: 9780007205080

Publisher: HarperCollins Entertainment, 2009

Synopsis

A visionary and master of his craft, Alan Whicker's television shows from the fifties to the nineties almost single handed invented the language of travel television and earned him the status of one of the most foremost of British media icons. He was persuaded, as part of the 60th anniversary of the invasion of Italy, to tell his remarkable war experiences in two hour-long television pieces. This book uses these programmes as the starting point to tell the story of Alan Whicker's remarkable war. This is remarkable account of the Italian campaign of 1943 and 1944, as he retraces of his steps over sixty years later. Beautifully written, poignant with humour and pathos, this is a masterful book by one of the 20th centuries greatest Tv journalists.

About this title

Product Description:

RO60111148. WHICKER'S WAR. 2006. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 259 pages. Illustré d'une carte et de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc et en couleur hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Review:

'a vivid warm-hearted record of his experiences as a leading member of the Army Film and Photo Unit in Italy during the second world ... Whicker's prose is such a natural expression of his ebullient personality ... that reading it one seems to hear that laconic humour and to realize that he is as dapper and jaunty as he was in 1943.'
Sunday Times

‘Riveting – a marathon television series, now a compulsive and fascinating book...’
Radio 4

'My bookshelf would certainly be poorer without this written record. Inspired...and inspiring.'
Manchester Evening News

'It almost doesn't seem like a book at all, for so familiar is the Whicker economy of language and word rhythms that it is impossible to look over the opening paragraphs without hearing the Whicker voice reading the words out loud inside your head.'
Jean Moir, Daily Telegraph

'One of the outstanding broadcasters of the age and a reporter with notable gifts. Surrounded by carnage, corpses and the memory of lost friends, his familiar voice was as lilting and playful as ever, but laced with elegy...It was beautifully written and delivered with such assurance that even the pauses were eloquent.'
Stephen Pile, Daily Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Entertainment
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0007205082
• ISBN 13: 9780007205080
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304