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Beverley Nichols A Life
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Expect fans to ask for this fascinating portrayal of Nichols' life and times, with its continuous procession of celebrities and bon vivants. Booklist
This biography re-creates Nichols's lively role in the English social milieu between and after the wars. Amazon
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"Expect fans to ask for this fascinating portrayal of Nichols' life and times, with its continuous procession of celebrities and bon vivants." --Booklist
"This biography re-creates Nichols's lively role in the English social milieu between and after the wars." --Amazon
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When Beverley Nichols left Oxford after World War I, he was described as "the original bright young thing". He was determined to be famous - even great. His school-leaving novel, "Prelude", written about Marlborough, was followed by his autobiography, "Twenty Five" - the latest age, he cheekily said, at which anyone should write one. Despite his hectic social life, he produced many books, revue songs, essays and articles. His successes included children's books, novels, biography, political commentary, plays, an operetta, cabaret numbers and books on gardening, travel and religion. Fame did not elude him, but greatness did, and in his hunger to be taken seriously he tackled many issues. He felt strongly about world events, about anti-Semitism, colour discrimination and religion. In his later years, Beverley was known chiefly for his books on gardening and cats, but he grew increasingly bitter about his "failure" as a serious writer, and about his father whom he hated more savagely as the years passed. "Father Figure", published in 1972, vilified John Nichols and most of the Nichols family, and it has been the task of Bryan Connon to distinguish fact from fiction.
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