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Roy Strong
Roy Strong
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Hardcover. For nearly half a century, Sir Roy Strong has enjoyed a high public profile in the arts world in Britain. In this book, richly illustrated with drawings, letters, photographs and other archival material, he recounts for the first time the story of his social origins and the roots of his life-long passion for the culture and history of England. Num Pages: 296 pages, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 746.
For nearly half a century, Sir Roy Strong has enjoyed a high public profile in the arts world in Britain. Yet remarkably little is known about his life before the Swinging Sixties when he burst upon the scene as the revolutionary trendy young director of the National Portrait Gallery, aged thirty-one. In this book he recounts for the first time the story of his social origins and the roots of his life-long passion for the culture and history of England. He describes his childhood home in a suburban North London terrace, revealing himself to have been a shy solitary child ... Read more
For nearly half a century, Sir Roy Strong has enjoyed a high public profile in the arts world in Britain. Yet remarkably little is known about his life before the Swinging Sixties when he burst upon the scene as the revolutionary trendy young director of the National Portrait Gallery, aged thirty-one. In this book he recounts for the first time the story of his social origins and the roots of his life-long passion for the culture and history of England. He describes his childhood home in a suburban North London terrace, revealing himself to have been a shy solitary child ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
745g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851242825
SKU
V9781851242825
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99-50
About Roy Strong
Sir Roy Strong is a writer, historian, broadcaster, diarist and gardener.
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