Beaverbrook

Beaverbrook A Life

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Publisher's Synopsis

Lord Beaverbrook, 1879-1964, was a cabinet minister during World War II. As a minister, Fleet Street Press baron and compulsive manipulator, he was both admired and hated. His friends ranged from Kipling and Arnold Bennett to Lady Diana Cooper and Rebecca West. This book examines Beaverbrook's life and the world in which he operated.

About the Publisher

Hutchinson

Hutchinson

Founded in 1887 by George Hutchinson with capital of three thousand pounds, Hutchinson opened for business in the basement of 25 Paternostor Row, near St Paul's Cathedral. It is the home of fiction that you have to press into the hands of your friends and non-fiction that is entertaining and erudite. We publish bestsellers, Helen Dunmore, Sebastian Faulks, Robert Harris, Douglas Kennedy and Ruth Rendell, book club favourites, Aimee Bender, Anna Quindlen. We are committed to discovering new talent that combine a distinctive voice with great storytelling skills and recent acquisitions include Bonnie Nadzam, longlisted for the Women?s Prize, New York Times bestsellers, Sloane Crosley, Ayana Mathis, Marisha Pessl and Amor Towles.

Book information

ISBN: 9780091735494
Publisher: Hutchinson
Imprint: Hutchinson
Pub date:
DEWEY: 070.92
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 589
Weight: 1193g
Height: 240mm
Width: 168mm