Geoffrey Moorhouse
Geoffrey Moorhouse is 'one of the best writers of our time' (Byron Rogers, The Times ), 'a brilliant historian' ( Dirk Bogarde, Daily Telegraph ) and 'a writer whose gifts are beyond category' (Jan Morris, Independent on Sunday ). He is the author of eighteen books, which have won prizes and been translated into several languages. In 1982 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Geoffrey Moorhouse is 'one of the best writers of our time' (Byron Rogers, The Times ), 'a brilliant historian' ( Dirk Bogarde, Daily Telegraph ) and 'a writer whose gifts are beyond category' (Jan Morris, Independent on Sunday ). He is the author of eighteen books, which have won prizes and been translated into several languages. In 1982 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. See less
Geoffrey Moorhouse's Featured Books
Geoffrey Moorhouse book reviews
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Hell's Foundations: A Social History of the Town of Bury in the Aftermath of the Gallipoli...
Couldn't finish it
by ECBII, May 4, 2016
Perhaps of interest to the inhabitants around Bury. Very slow-paced, made me ponder the stature and legacy of Moorhouse. Read More
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The Boat and the Town
A good writer stumbles outside his metier
by ECBII, Apr 21, 2016
This is fiction, at which Moorhouse does not excel, at least in this book. He had worked as a fisherman in the community described and I purchased the book expecting a memoir, but was so put off by ... Read More
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San Francisco
San Francisco/The Great Cities
The Great Cities/San Francisco is one of twenty-five volumes from the Time-Life book series The Great Cities. Published in the 1970s, this series introduces the reader to the various cities of the ... Read More
