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Köp båda 2 för 383 kr'A triumph ... It succeeds, as far as is humanly possible, in bringing alive on the page Olivier's magnetic theatrical presence, which those who saw him act will never forget' John Carey, Sunday Times. * Sunday Times * 'An elegant and increasingly compelling book' Simon Callow, Guardian. * Guardian * 'Without adulation, sentimentality and or sneer, layer by layer as the 82 years of Olivier's life flow by Ziegler painstakingly uncovers a portrait of a real man. It is enthralling. I took it on holiday and could hardly bear to finish it ... tremendous' Libby Purves, The Times. * The Times * 'Philip Ziegler's splendid biography confirms the contention that Lord Olivier OM is as great a figure in the history of the English theatre as David Garrick or Sir Henry Irving' Economist. * Economist * 'Philip's book is the Larry I knew' Tarquin Olivier. * Tarquin Olivier *
Philip Ziegler was a diplomat before becoming an editorial director at the publishers William Collins. His many books include acclaimed biographies of Laurence Olivier, William IV, Lady Diana Cooper, Lord Mountbatten and Harold Wilson, as well as the classic history of the Black Death.
List of illustrations. Beginnings. Apprentice Days. Breakthrough. Birth of a Classical Actor. Film Star. War. Naval Officer. The Old Vic. 'Hamlet'. Australasia. Life Without the Old Vic. Disintegration of a Marriage. Stratford. L.O.P. Marking Time. Chichester. The National: Act One. The National: Act Two. The National: Act Three. Problems. Challenges. Who Will Take Over? The Coming of Hall. Olivier's Occupation Gone? Old Age. Death. Biographer's Afterword. Note on Sources. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index. Picture Credits.