The Seven lives of John Murray : the story of a publishing dynasty 1768-2002/
Carpenter, Humphrey
The Seven lives of John Murray : the story of a publishing dynasty 1768-2002/ Humphrey Carpenter ; edited by Candida Brazil ; James Hamilton.
From its birth in 1768, when the first John Murray of Edinburgh came down to London, each of the publishing house's seven leaders has made his own contribution to the dissemination of literature and the understanding of the world. One became Byron's publisher and confidante; another began the revolutionary series of Murray handbooks which transformed world travel in the early years of the railways; a third broke controversial new ground with the publication of Queen Victoria's letters. So the tradition progressed to the end of the 20th century, and a list of literary giants including Patrick Leigh Fermor, Osbert Lancaster, Francoise Sagan, and British Poet Laureate, John Betjeman. Written in Carpenter's rollicking and iconoclastic style, it is an affectionate and vibrant account of the longest-surviving publishing house in the worl
9780719565335
History, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Literature Studies and Criticism
070.509421 CAR
The Seven lives of John Murray : the story of a publishing dynasty 1768-2002/ Humphrey Carpenter ; edited by Candida Brazil ; James Hamilton.
From its birth in 1768, when the first John Murray of Edinburgh came down to London, each of the publishing house's seven leaders has made his own contribution to the dissemination of literature and the understanding of the world. One became Byron's publisher and confidante; another began the revolutionary series of Murray handbooks which transformed world travel in the early years of the railways; a third broke controversial new ground with the publication of Queen Victoria's letters. So the tradition progressed to the end of the 20th century, and a list of literary giants including Patrick Leigh Fermor, Osbert Lancaster, Francoise Sagan, and British Poet Laureate, John Betjeman. Written in Carpenter's rollicking and iconoclastic style, it is an affectionate and vibrant account of the longest-surviving publishing house in the worl
9780719565335
History, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Literature Studies and Criticism
070.509421 CAR