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The Passionate Elopement Compton MacKenzie 217 downloads. Rich Relatives Compton MacKenzie 154 downloads. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Compton MacKenzie 143 downloads. The Vanity Girl Compton MacKenzie 138 downloads. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett Compton MacKenzie 129 downloads. Rogues and vagabonds Compton MacKenzie 124 downloads.
Born, slightly embarrassingly, in West Hartlepool, Compton was the eldest son of the writers Edward Compton and Virginia Bateman. He resumed the family name of Mackenzie to emphasise his Scottish heritage. He graduated with a degree in Modern History at Oxford (1904), studied for the law, but soon found this dull work and began writing.
Extraordinary Women. Compton Mackenzie. Faber & Faber, 2009 - Fiction - 240 pages. 'Everybody's immoral in Sirene. It's the air. Can't help it, poor dears.'. In 1914, bored of wartime Lucerne, the beautiful, cross-dressing Rosalba Donsante escapes to the island of Sirene to seek out new conquests, followed by her long-suffering English lover ...
1 dic 1972 · Sir Compton Mackenzie, the novelist, playwright and biographer, died yesterday at his home in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was 89 years old. Regarded as a doyen of British letters for his more than 100 ...
Greek Memories. Compton Mackenzie. Biteback, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 468 pages. "Compton Mackenzie was already a celebrated writer at the start of the First World War, commissioned into the Royal Marines, He soon found himself recruited by the British Secret Service, becoming 'our man in Greece'. After the war, Mackenzie cashed in on ...
Compton Mackenzie. Uaigh aig Compton Mackenzie ann an Eolaigearraidh, Barraigh. B' e Edward Montague Compton MacCoinnich/MacKenzie ( 17 am Faoilleach 1883 ann an West Hartlepool – 30 an t-Samhain 1972 ann an Dùn Èideann) na ùghdair agus, ged a rugadh e ann an Sasainn, nàiseantach Albannach. Fhuair e foghlam ann an St Paul's School agus an ...
Compton Mackenzies gravsten. Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie (uttalas /ˈkʌmptən məˈkɛnzɪ/), född 17 januari 1883 i West Hartlepool i County Durham, död 30 november 1972 i Edinburgh, var en brittisk ( skotsk) författare och skotsk nationalist. Compton Mackenzie är idag ihågkommen främst för romanen Massor av whisky, som blev ...
