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Volume Three of his Bestselling Autobiography.
As work on Visconti's Death in Venice draws to a close, Dirk Bogarde is preparing his house in Provence as a retreat. Before he is rewarded with the peace and tranquillity he craves, however, he is forced to endure damage to his possessions, dying olive trees and the rampaging mistral. This third volume of autobiography also covers the years in which Dirk Bogarde gave some of his finest, most sensitive acting performances and began his career as a gifted writer, imposing order on a rich and varied life.
As work on Visconti's Death in Venice draws to a close, Dirk Bogarde is preparing his house in Provence as a retreat. Before he is rewarded with the peace and tranquillity he craves, however, he is forced to endure damage to his possessions, dying olive trees and the rampaging mistral. This third volume of autobiography also covers the years in which Dirk Bogarde gave some of his finest, most sensitive acting performances and began his career as a gifted writer, imposing order on a rich and varied life.
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Absorbing... his gift for dialogue is exceptional The Observer"
"Absorbing... his gift for dialogue is exceptional" --The Observer
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"Absorbing... his gift for dialogue is exceptional" --The Observer
Sir Dirk Bogarde was an English actor and novelist. Initially a matinee idol, Bogarde later acted in art-house films such as Death In Venice. As well as completing six novels, Bogarde wrote several volumes of autobiography. Between 1947 and 1991, Bogarde made more than sixty films. For over two decades he lived in Italy and France, where he began to write seriously. In 1985 he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of St Andrews and in 1990 was promoted to Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.
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- PublisherMagna Large Print Books
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0860096971
- ISBN 13 9780860096979
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages512
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