A time of renewal : clusters of characters, C.P. Snow, and coups / Philip Snow
- Bib ID:
- 1605167
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Snow, Philip
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- London ; New York : Radcliffe Press, 1998
- xvi, 304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1860641490
- Summary:
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Philip Snow's departure from his beloved Fijian Service on appointment as Bursar of Rugby School was heart-rending. A major factor in the decision was the chance of seeing more of his elder brother, CP Snow, who was always a keenly-felt influence, even when separated by thousands of miles of wide oceans. Philip Snow was himself a character in three of CP Snow's novels and this book contributes to the understanding of the novels and their characters.
All this, and Rugby School, brought Philip Snow into the slipstream of acquaintance and friendship with figures of eminence in a variety of fields. Consequently, the book reads like a mini-Who's Who of the great, the good and the outstanding at home and abroad - in cricket, arts and letters, politics, the armed services, the law, academe, royalty...the variety is endless - over two or three generations. His judgement is sharp, shrewd, sometimes robust, but always fair and objective and the result is a series of finely-etched vignettes making up a fascinating social history of England from the 1950s. His friendships in Fiji endured as did his love of cricket, and these came together in his role as Fiji's representative on the International Cricket Council for over 30 years. The main theme, however, is his relationship with CP Snow and also with his brother's novelist wife, Pamela Hansford Johnson.
- Full contents:
- Machine derived contents note: Horses and midstream; flirting with change and fraternal involvements; a glimpse of America and a baron in the family; Maharajahs, innings and outings; the queen's golden touch; some profiles in half a decade; the art millionaire and the bus conductor; close bereavements and royalty near and far; paradise walkabout.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-279) and index.
- Subject:
- Also Titled:
- Clusters of characters, C.P. Snow, and coups
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1998
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