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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 ...
Compton Mackenzie. Read Books, 2006 - Religion - 412 pages. Gallipoli Memories Originally published in 1929, this is an eye-witness account. Compton Mackenzie, famous for his humorous novels, relates his memories of Gallipoli in the First World War. Contents: The Beginning of th. e War Off to Alexandria Getting a Uniform Looking for G.H.Q.
Compton MacKenzie. Writer: Sylvia Scarlett. Compton MacKenzie was born on 17 January 1883 in West Hartlepool, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Sylvia Scarlett (1935), The Ballet Girl (1916) and Sinister Street (1922).
Donne pericolose. Copertina flessibile – 1 settembre 2016. Sull'isola di Sirene, al largo del golfo di Napoli, la Grande guerra è solo un'opprimente nuvola grigia, un'eco lontana che minaccia di rendere più triste l'estate. Per questo Rosalba Donsante, eccentrica ereditiera svizzera con la passione per gli abiti da uomo, ci va tutti gli ...
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His father, Edward Compton, was an actor and theatre company manager; his sister, Fay Compton, starred in many of James M. Barrie's plays, including Peter Pan. Mackenzie went to great lengths to trace the steps of his ancestors back to his spiritual home in the Highlands, and displayed a deep and tenacious attachment to Gaelic culture throughout his long and very colourful life.
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 this time.
28 nov 2020 · Compton Mackenzie’s Sinister Street (One volume edition) Moreover, Mackenzie provides significant support to Orwell early on in his writing career giving favourable reviews in the Daily Mail. And most crucially, it is Mackenzie who helps plant the idea in Orwell’s mind of retreating to a Scottish island.
