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Ian Kelly (2) (1966–)

Auteur de Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Dandy

Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Ian Kelly, voyez la page de désambigüisation.

5 oeuvres 793 utilisateurs 32 critiques

A propos de l'auteur

Ian Kelly is an actor and writer who has created and acted in a one-man play about Careme. He has lived and worked in Russia, France, and the United States and writes frequently about food and travel for many British publications, including the Times and the Guardian. He currently lives in London afficher plus with his wife and son afficher moins

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Nom canonique
Kelly, Ian
Date de naissance
1966-01-16
Sexe
male
Nationalité
UK
Lieu de naissance
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Études
Cambridge University
UCLA Film School
Professions
actor
biographer

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Excellent biography of an amazing influential woman, illustrated with many photographs. Covers her life from childhood, to raising children, living in poverty, meeting Malcolm McLaren, the rise of punk and the Sex Pistols, running a shop at 430 King's Road, becoming internationally recognised, and campaigning for human rights and the environment. Full of small details (such as The Elastic (Control of Use) Order of 1943, prohibited the use of elastic in all garments except in the corsets and knickers of women directly involved in the war effort; attitudes of etiquette - at grammar school being told to "Lower that ponytail three inches!"). I particularly loved the photograph of Vivienne posing as Margaret Thatcher. Fascinating and inspiring.… (plus d'informations)
 
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AChild | Sep 21, 2023 |
I got through this by listening to Benedict Cumberbach read it to me and it was probably a lot better that way.
 
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brittaniethekid | 17 autres critiques | Jul 7, 2022 |
Such a familiar name, and yet I knew nothing about the man. Ian Kelly's biography of Beau Brummell proved an interesting read.
 
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Roarer | 6 autres critiques | Nov 17, 2019 |
Stark gekürzte, aber unterhaltsame Biographie des alten Schwerenöters Casanova. "Stellen"weise hat der geradezu lasziv entspannte Vortrag in mir solche Reaktionen provoziert:



Was soll ich sagen? Ich steh auf geschmeidige Stimmen... *rotanlauf*
 
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Horrortorte | 17 autres critiques | May 17, 2019 |

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Œuvres
5
Membres
793
Popularité
#32,132
Évaluation
½ 3.8
Critiques
32
ISBN
47
Langues
6

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