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Hugh Whitemore - A Marvellous Year for Plums - 9781849434966 - V9781849434966
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A Marvellous Year for Plums

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Description for A Marvellous Year for Plums Paperback. Historical drama set in the midst of the Suez Crisis in 1956. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 131 x 6. Weight in Grams: 130.
Britain in 1956: the Suez Crisis. Prime Minister Anthony Eden, described by a colleague as ‘half mad baronet and half beautiful woman’, is faced with the terrible possibility of leading his country into war. His health is collapsing. His friends, colleagues and opponents, among them Hugh Gaitskell and Ian Fleming and his wife Ann, are facing crises of their own, crises of conscience and crises of the heart. Hugh Whitemore’s new play is a true epic: a suspenseful thriller, an achingly romantic love story and a fascinating examination of a flashpoint in our history which still resonates today. What ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849434966
SKU
V9781849434966
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99-1

About Hugh Whitemore
Hugh Whitemore is an English playwright and screenwriter. He began his writing career in British television with both original teleplays and adaptations of classic works. He twice won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain award. His work for American TV includes Concealed Enemies, and The Gathering Storm, which focused on a troubled period in the marriage of Clementine and Winston ... Read more

Reviews for A Marvellous Year for Plums
This intelligent, well-ordered play stirred some bitter memories
Guardian
[A] sophisticated political thriller
Southern Daily Echo
Whitemore's concentration on the human follies and affections makes a play that will last.
Libby Purves, The Times

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