'The fact is that you are surplus and they need an extra body.' In the uneasy aftermath of war, a group of ordinary British soldiers and their families, on an island off Java face the legacy of hatred
The Grayles have lived at Hartleap since Canute. They know this and are proud of the fact. Now they stand round the bed of their eldest nanny who is about to slip away.Ada Stephens - known as Nanny Gr
First published in 1977, A Postillion Struck by Lightning is volume one of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirsFollowing Bogarde from childhood through adolescence, to the beginnings of his budding car
First published in 1978, Snakes and Ladders is volume two of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirsSnakes and Ladders follows Bogarde from the challenges of his army training camp at Catterick, through t
A Postillion Struck by Lightning was a best seller on first publication and marked Dirk Bogarde's transition from star of stage and screen to a best-selling and internationally acclaimed author. This
On his many reconnaissance missions in Europe and the Far East, the young Bogarde experienced the terror of enemy attack and the horror of its aftermath, together with the intense camaraderie and bitt
On his many reconnaissance missions in Europe and the Far East, the young Bogarde experienced the terror of enemy attack and the horror of its aftermath, together with the intense camaraderie and bitt
William Caldicott leads a complicated life as his impending divorce looms ahead of him. Further complications are added when William receives a cryptic letter of farewell from his estranged brother Ja
The latest volume of Dirk Bogarde's autobiography.'I learned very early on in my life that nothing was for ever; so I should have been aware ofdisillusion in early middle age: but, somehow, we try to
Set in the shadow of Hollywood opulence - the gaudy wastes of Los Angeles - West of Sunset is a sharp and potent satire of movie-making America. However the excessive glitter is embedded in a deeper p
In 1988 Dirk Bogarde returned from two idyllic decades in France to live in England. Shortly afterwards, the then Literary Editor of the Daily Telegraph, admiring the 'lucid frankness' of Bogarde's me
This is the second volume of Dirk Bogarde's autobiography, covering the time between his experiences at an army camp at Catterick to his role as von Aschenbach in the film Death in Venice. Since 1947
