Literature for the People
How The Pioneering Macmillan Brothers Built a Publishing Powerhouse
(Sprache: Englisch)
A fascinating, evocative history of Daniel and Alexander Macmillan, two poor but idealistic young men who created a Victorian publishing empire.
Erscheint am 09.05.2024
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A fascinating, evocative history of Daniel and Alexander Macmillan, two poor but idealistic young men who created a Victorian publishing empire.
Autoren-Porträt von Sarah Harkness
Sarah Harkness worked in corporate finance for twenty years, latterly as a partner at Arthur Andersen. She spent three years as Pro-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield and is now a trustee of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and chairs the audit committees of Orthopaedic Research UK and Oriel College, Oxford. She holds an Honorary Doctorate from Sheffield University and an Honorary Fellowship at Mansfield College.Her first book was a biography of Victorian artist and writer Nelly Erichsen. In October 2021 she was awarded an MA with Distinction in Biography at the University of Buckingham, studying under Professor Jane Ridley. Her 40,000 word dissertation covered five crucial years in the career of Alexander Macmillan. In 2021 she won the Tony Lothian Prize, awarded by The Biographers' Club for the best proposal for an uncommissioned biography.
Sarah is married with three adult children and lives in the Cotswolds.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Sarah Harkness
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 18 Jahre
- 2024, 496 Seiten, Maße: 16,3 x 24,2 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Pan Macmillan
- ISBN-10: 1035008939
- ISBN-13: 9781035008933
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.05.2024
Sprache:
Englisch
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