Brief Encounters: Meetings with Remarkable People FROM THE PUBLISHER
Gyles Brandreth has met an extraordinary array of remarkable people. This collection of his acclaimed Telegraph interviews gathers together the most notable of these encounters. It includes film stars such as Joan Collins and Michael Caine; politicians like John Prescott and Ann Widdecombe; giants of the arts world - Yehudi Menuhin, John Gielgud and Noel Coward; and many others, from Dame Edna Everage to Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Duke of Edinburgh, who have left a special mark on life at the turn of the twenty-first century.
SYNOPSIS
Brandreth has worked as a journalist for a variety of newspapers and magazines since 1968. He presents a collection of interviews, most of which first appeared in the Sunday Telegraph, with well-known British authors, entertainers, royalty, writers, and a handful of foreign personalities. Specific changes from the 2001 to 2003 edition are not stated. No subject index. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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