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Bring on the Empty Horses
David Niven
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Description for Bring on the Empty Horses
paperback. David Niven's bestselling anecdotes of Hollywood in its heyday - now packaged as a 'Great Read'. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 pages photographs. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 3. Weight in Grams: 292.
From the Hollywood's first-ever million-copy bestseller, another riotous look at the golden age of Hollywood from a quintessential English gentleman.
'Might easily be the best book ever written about Hollywood.' New York Times
Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest memoirists of all time, David Niven's eye for an anecdote and memory for a bon mot is still unmatched. In Bring on the Empty Horses , David immerses the reader in the heady glamour and glory of 1950s Hollywood, from Casino Royale to filming with Errol Flynn.
Get ready to laugh, cry, and pour a stiff drink.
Product Details
Publisher
HODDER & STOUGHTON
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
286g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340839959
SKU
V9780340839959
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98
About David Niven
Born in Scotland in 1910, David Niven followed in the footsteps of his father by serving in the British Army until 1932. He arrived in Hollywood in 1935 and after a chance meeting became a 'film extra'. Six years later he accepted his first starring role. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was the first British actor to volunteer to go back to England and was commissioned in the Rifle Brigade, serving with distinction throughout the conflict. After returning to America, he continued his distinguished film career, both as actor and producer. David Niven died tragically in 1983 of Motor Neurone Disease in Château-d'CEx, France.
Reviews for Bring on the Empty Horses
Were David Niven not a famous actor, he would be thought a brilliant writer. And after this book he will surely be thought a brilliant writer
J.K. Galbraith
Hilariously readable
Sunday Telegraph
So bring on the empty horses and fill their saddles with shades of Cooper, Gable, Fairbanks and Flynn. This time David Niven is riding a winner
Irish Times
The best book buy available at the moment
West Lancashire Evening Gazette
Some very funny stories indeed, well told
The Scotsman
He is nothing if not an individualist: a raconteur of style and sophistication and a writer with imagination and a sense of pace . . . It adds to his stature
Coventry Evening Telegraph
David Niven has done it again!
Boston Globe
BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES is a delight from start to finish. With shrewdness and warmth . . . Niven brings us to Hollywood in its golden prime, from the early '30s to the age of TV. Above all, he brings us them - the outstanding stars, producers, directors, writers, tycoons and oddballs, many of whom were his friends . . . An inspired mix of descriptions, impressions, and anecdotes.
Publishers Weekly
Might easily be the best book ever written about Hollywood.
New York Times Book Review
BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES is a delight from start to finish. With shrewdness and warmth ... Niven brings us to Hollywood in its golden prime, from the early '30s to the age of TV. Above all, he brings us them - the outstanding stars, producers, directors, writers, tycoons and oddballs, many of whom were his friends ... An inspired mix of descriptions, impressions, and anecdotes.
Publishers Weekly
Might easily be the best book ever written about Hollywood.
New York Times Book Review
Hilariously readable
Sunday Telegraph
A big name-dropping bitch of a book written with a wit as sharp as a dagger - and more than one famous personality gets it right between the shoulder blades ... Niven continues to weave the spell he cast on us with his autobiography
Belfast Telegraph
His charm and twinkling sense of humour are rarely completely suppressed
Sunday Express
So bring on the empty horses and fill their saddles with shades of Cooper, Gable, Fairbanks and Flynn. This time David Niven is riding a winner
Irish Times
BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES surpasses his first book. It is fun personified, hilarious in parts, highly entertaining and provides excellent reading
Evening Post, Port Elizabeth
BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES has star quality
Christchurch Star, New Zealand
A really glamorous autobiography
Woman
David Niven gives a marvellously readable account of his contacts with Hollywood
Birmingham Post
Niven still tells a good tale
The Observer
One of the most illuminating books yet to come out about Hollywood
Press and Journal
He is nothing if not an individualist: a raconteur of style and sophistication and a writer with imagination and a sense of pace ... It adds to his stature
Coventry Evening Telegraph
J.K. Galbraith
Hilariously readable
Sunday Telegraph
So bring on the empty horses and fill their saddles with shades of Cooper, Gable, Fairbanks and Flynn. This time David Niven is riding a winner
Irish Times
The best book buy available at the moment
West Lancashire Evening Gazette
Some very funny stories indeed, well told
The Scotsman
He is nothing if not an individualist: a raconteur of style and sophistication and a writer with imagination and a sense of pace . . . It adds to his stature
Coventry Evening Telegraph
David Niven has done it again!
Boston Globe
BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES is a delight from start to finish. With shrewdness and warmth . . . Niven brings us to Hollywood in its golden prime, from the early '30s to the age of TV. Above all, he brings us them - the outstanding stars, producers, directors, writers, tycoons and oddballs, many of whom were his friends . . . An inspired mix of descriptions, impressions, and anecdotes.
Publishers Weekly
Might easily be the best book ever written about Hollywood.
New York Times Book Review
BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES is a delight from start to finish. With shrewdness and warmth ... Niven brings us to Hollywood in its golden prime, from the early '30s to the age of TV. Above all, he brings us them - the outstanding stars, producers, directors, writers, tycoons and oddballs, many of whom were his friends ... An inspired mix of descriptions, impressions, and anecdotes.
Publishers Weekly
Might easily be the best book ever written about Hollywood.
New York Times Book Review
Hilariously readable
Sunday Telegraph
A big name-dropping bitch of a book written with a wit as sharp as a dagger - and more than one famous personality gets it right between the shoulder blades ... Niven continues to weave the spell he cast on us with his autobiography
Belfast Telegraph
His charm and twinkling sense of humour are rarely completely suppressed
Sunday Express
So bring on the empty horses and fill their saddles with shades of Cooper, Gable, Fairbanks and Flynn. This time David Niven is riding a winner
Irish Times
BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES surpasses his first book. It is fun personified, hilarious in parts, highly entertaining and provides excellent reading
Evening Post, Port Elizabeth
BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES has star quality
Christchurch Star, New Zealand
A really glamorous autobiography
Woman
David Niven gives a marvellously readable account of his contacts with Hollywood
Birmingham Post
Niven still tells a good tale
The Observer
One of the most illuminating books yet to come out about Hollywood
Press and Journal
He is nothing if not an individualist: a raconteur of style and sophistication and a writer with imagination and a sense of pace ... It adds to his stature
Coventry Evening Telegraph