Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972)
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A propos de l'auteur
Author Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool, England on January 17, 1883. He studied law at Magdalen College in Oxford, but stopped in 1907 to focus on his writing career. He served with British Intelligence during World War I and later published four books about his experiences during afficher plus this time. He published ninety books including The Passionate Elopement, Carnival, and Sinister Street. He was also a broadcaster and founded and edited the magazine Gramophone. He was knighted in 1952 and died in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 30, 1972. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Photo by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1914 (courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery; image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)
Séries
Œuvres de Compton Mackenzie
Echoes 8 exemplaires
Paper Lives 6 exemplaires
My Life and Times: Octave Six 1923-1930 6 exemplaires
The Old Men of the Sea 4 exemplaires
Catmint 3 exemplaires
Paradise for sale 3 exemplaires
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 2 exemplaires
Santa Claus in Summer 2 exemplaires
Cats' Company 2 exemplaires
The Collected Complete Works of Compton MacKenzie: (Huge Collection Including Sinister Street, Poor Relations, Rich… 1 exemplaire
Gramophone Nights 1 exemplaire
Address by Compton Mackenzie / Delivered in the St. Andrew's Hall on January 29th, 1932, on the occasion of his… 1 exemplaire
The Recruitment of Major Blenkinsop 1 exemplaire
Coral 1 exemplaire
For Sale 1 exemplaire
Calvary 1 exemplaire
Cernival 1 exemplaire
SYLVIA SCARLETT SAGA: The Early Life And Adventures Of Sylvia Scarlett Sylvia & Michael: The Later Adventures Of Sylvia… (2018) 1 exemplaire
venetian Affair, The 1 exemplaire
Mieze 1 exemplaire
Darkening Green 1 exemplaire
The East Wind: The Religious Life of India 1 exemplaire
Ballet de ocho 1 exemplaire
The Gentleman in Grey 1 exemplaire
Sylvia Scarlett 1 exemplaire
Tante Marie's French Kitchen 1 exemplaire
Secret Island 1 exemplaire
Certain Aspects of Moral Courage 1 exemplaire
Look At Cats 1 exemplaire
Sidelight 1 exemplaire
The Vital Flame 1 exemplaire
Again to the North 1 exemplaire
A Musical Chair 1 exemplaire
The conceited doll 1 exemplaire
Raketipalavik : [romaan] 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Compton
- Date de naissance
- 1883-01-17
- Date de décès
- 1972-11-30
- Lieu de sépulture
- Eolaigearraidh, Barra, Western Isles, Scotland
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- West Hartlepool, Durham, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Études
- St Paul's School, London
Oxford University(Magdalen College) - Professions
- novelist
playwright
spy (WWI)
co-founder of the Scottish National Party
biographer - Relations
- Faith Compton Mackenzie (wife)
- Prix et distinctions
- Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
Knight Bachelor
Membres
Discussions
Book set in WWII/lesbian ladies going on holidays to Greek Island (not Lesvos) à Name that Book (Octobre 2013)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 139
- Aussi par
- 24
- Membres
- 2,243
- Popularité
- #11,434
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 48
- ISBN
- 284
- Langues
- 8
- Favoris
- 2
It looks like a book that Mackenzie was commissioned to write, although I can find no details that this was the case. It is a sympathetic story as far as the founders and owners of the works are concerned and tells the story from the beginning with the establishment of the first worksop at Caughley some 4 miles from Coalbrookdale on the banks of the river where it was established as a major pottery works. It specialised in fine hand painted bone china with its production method being a closely guarded secret for a number of years. The factory was established by William Reynolds and was then owned outright by John Rose. It made a connection with the Sèvres the porcelain city just outside Paris, where patterns were exchanged and workers were persuaded to come over to England.
In 1799 there was a ferry-boat disaster when the ferry transporting workers across the river Severn capsized and 28 people were drowned. Under The Rose familie's management the company established itself as a leading producer of fine pottery, but spiralled into a slow decline. In 1885 it was taken over by the Bruff family and John Bruff revived its fortunes for a time. The first world war and then in 1923 a long strike made it increasingly unprofitable and the old factory was sold dismantled and rebuilt in Shelton Staffordshire. It then became part of the Crescent works in Stoke on Trent and Mackenzie's final chapter is a walk through the factory in 1950 with some pictures of the workers hand painting the pottery items, some surviving from Coalport.
The book which looked to be finely illustrated serves its purpose as a story of Coalport pottery, it is more a story of the ownership and the people who worked there, than a technical explanation of the production of the pottery. 3 stars.… (plus d'informations)