Scenes and Apparitions

Scenes and Apparitions: The Roy Strong Diaries 1988–2003

Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Literary Biography & Memoir | Paperback Published on: 02/11/2017
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Synopsis

'Viper wit from the gardener, writer and Knight of exquisite taste' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Funny, barbed and moving ... magnificently readable' THE TIMES

Scenes and Apparitions covers a period of Roy Strong's life from 1988 to 2003. A sequel to Splendours and Miseries, it is an unmissable record of how a citizen at the close of the second Elizabethan age observed and chronicled his own world at the turn of the century. Although it is not without tragedy - the murder of his friend Gianni Versace, and the death of his beloved wife Julia Trevelyan Oman - there is plenty to enjoy from his descriptions of Elton John's fiftieth birthday party, to a concert for the Queen Mother, and his portraits of marriage, friendship, work and his celebrated garden, The Laskett.

  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • ISBN: 9781474603904
  • Number of pages: 560
  • Weight: 401g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 33 mm