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Out of the Firing Line ... Into the Foyer: My Remarkable Story
Bruce Copp
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Description for Out of the Firing Line ... Into the Foyer: My Remarkable Story
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 506.
War hero and '60s Soho doyen Bruce Copp has lived a unique life. With an address book brimming with celebrity names and numbers, he swam regularly with a James Bond, dined with Charlie Chaplin, hung out with Lenny Bruce and spent an unforgettable night with Marlene Dietrich. A reluctant hero, he served in the army throughout the Second World War where he dealt with prejudices towards homosexuality, witnessed the deaths of his comrades and tried to commit suicide by walking into enemy fire. He miraculously survived and was mentioned twice in dispatches for bravery before being ... Read more
War hero and '60s Soho doyen Bruce Copp has lived a unique life. With an address book brimming with celebrity names and numbers, he swam regularly with a James Bond, dined with Charlie Chaplin, hung out with Lenny Bruce and spent an unforgettable night with Marlene Dietrich. A reluctant hero, he served in the army throughout the Second World War where he dealt with prejudices towards homosexuality, witnessed the deaths of his comrades and tried to commit suicide by walking into enemy fire. He miraculously survived and was mentioned twice in dispatches for bravery before being ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750961349
SKU
V9780750961349
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Ref
99-50
About Bruce Copp
Bruce Copp was an important figure in London's swinging sixties, running a series of successful theatrical restaurants. Andrew Merriman is author of the acclaimed biographies Hattie: The Authorised Biography of Hattie Jacques and Margaret Rutherford: Dreadnought with Good Manners . Dame Judi Dench is an English actress and auhtor.
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