Whispering Gallery - Hesketh Pearson Reviews
Description:ISBN 1842121979 /
Newest Review: ... owners but the author won the case. I was given this book a long time ago but have only just got around to reading the ... more
... book; it is split into chapters in which the real life characters we are supposed to have met during our career are loosely put together. So we have the dictators, the writers, ladies of influence, empire builders, kings and emperors (this chapter is called the Caesars) and others. The writing is light and enjoyable and the book has the feel of a modern parody except the writer is talking about Kaiser Wilhelm, President Wilson, HG Wells rather than Angela Merkel, President Obama and Stephenie Meyer. The writing is ligh...more
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Hesketh Pearson Whispering Gallery: Leaves From A Diplomat's Diar ... 1st edition 1st printing trade paperback, fine Last Update 22.05.2013 04:13
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by - written on 31/01/13 (Very useful, 56 readings)
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Whispering Gallery: leaves from a Diplomats diary is an infamous hoax written in 1926 by then jobbing actor Hesketh Pearson, it is supposed to be a real diary written by an influencial British diplomat. The book sets out to give supposed diplomats views on the great and powerful of England, Europe and America of the early 20th century, the book is supposed to be the immediate diary entry of a man who mixed in these circles and who later that night would write a diary about his actions that day. The book was cited at the time as being libellous against certain newspaper owners but the author won the case. I was given this book a long time ago but have only ... Read the complete review
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