Beautiful Books buys Waugh biography

Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Thu, 31/03/2011 - 15:30 Beautiful Books has acquired an “inquisitive” biography of Brideshead Revisited author Evelyn Waugh. Evelyn! Rhapsody for an Obsessive Love by Duncan McLaren is lined up for hardback and ebook publication on 26th September. Beautiful Books m.d. Simon Petherick signed world rights from Isobel Dixon at Blake Friedmann. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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