Gyles Brandreth

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En mayo de 1892, Oscar Wilde ya es toda una celebridad, famoso por sus fiestas y sus ocurrencias. Pero ni él mismo podría haber adivinado lo que provocaría cuando, en una reunión del club Sócrates, propone jugar al Asesinato. Cada uno de sus invitados debe escribir en un papel el nombre de la persona a la que desearian matar. Solo se trata de un juego, una broma macabra, por supuesto Pero pocas horas mas tarde, las catorce victimas escogidas empiezan a morir, una tras otra Wilde no tarda en deducir que el asesino es uno de los miembros del club y, con la ayuda de sus fieles amigos Robert Sherard y Arthur Conan Doyle, debera detenerlo si no quiere convertirse el mismo en la proxima victima. Desde los fastuosos salones de los selectos clubes londinenses hasta los sordidos confines del ring de boxeo y el engañoso universo del teatro, Oscar Wilde y el club de la muerte nos ofrece una fascinante historia de pasiones, engaños y homicidios en medio de la doble moral de la sociedad victoriana.

Londres, 1889. El célebre poeta y dramaturgo Oscar Wilde es ya una sensación literaria. Toda Europa está a sus pies y éste es su mejor momento. Pero cuando se encuentra con el cadáver desnudo de Billy Wood, un bello modelo adolescente, que ha sido degollado en una habitacion oscura y asfixiante, no puede olvidar el brutal asesinato. Con la ayuda de su colega Arthur Conan Doyle, se dispone a resolver el crimen. Y, finalmente, tanto su peculiar ingenio como su acceso irrestricto a todos los ambitos de la vida victoriana, desde los suntuosos salones de la bohemia mundana hasta el submundo criminal, terminan siendo elementos decisivos en la investigacion del que resulta ser el primero de una serie de homicidios estramboticos e inexplicables. Oscar Wilde y una muerte sin importancia combina una apasionante trama policiaca con la indiscreta revelacion del mundo secreto de Oscar Wilde, desde sus sorprendentes amistades hasta su complejo matrimonio y su especial relacion con Aidan Fraser, inspector de Scotland Yard. Con el exotico trasfondo de Londres, Oxford, Edimburgo y Paris de finales del siglo XIX, Gyles Brandreth nos trae el caracteristico y brillante ingenio de Oscar Wilde entrelazando toda la intriga y fascinacion de la clasica novela inglesa de misterio con el irresistible retrato de uno de los grandes genios de la era victoriana.

Londres, 1889. El célebre poeta y dramaturgo Oscar Wilde es ya una sensación literaria. Toda Europa está a sus pies y éste es su mejor momento. Pero cuando se encuentra con el cadáver desnudo de Billy Wood, un bello modelo adolescente, que ha sido degollado en una habitacion oscura y asfixiante, no puede olvidar el brutal asesinato. Con la ayuda de su colega Arthur Conan Doyle, se dispone a resolver el crimen. Y, finalmente, tanto su peculiar ingenio como su acceso irrestricto a todos los ambitos de la vida victoriana, desde los suntuosos salones de la bohemia mundana hasta el submundo criminal, terminan siendo elementos decisivos en la investigacion del que resulta ser el primero de una serie de homicidios estramboticos e inexplicables. Oscar Wilde y una muerte sin importancia combina una apasionante trama policiaca con la indiscreta revelacion del mundo secreto de Oscar Wilde, desde sus sorprendentes amistades hasta su complejo matrimonio y su especial relacion con Aidan Fraser, inspector de Scotland Yard. Con el exotico trasfondo de Londres, Oxford, Edimburgo y Paris de finales del siglo XIX, Gyles Brandreth nos trae el caracteristico y brillante ingenio de Oscar Wilde entrelazando toda la intriga y fascinacion de la clasica novela inglesa de misterio con el irresistible retrato de uno de los grandes genios de la era victoriana. Un ingenioso entretenimiento de fin-de-siecle, con dialogos chispeantes y elegantes. Sunday Times Genial Wilde ha regresado a la vida en esta novela emocionante y muy bien ambientada? Magnifica? Una historia inolvidable sobre el sexo y el vicio, el amor y la muerte, Sunday ExpressMuy divertida, Independent on Sunday

Durante su gira de 1882 por Estados Unidos, Oscar Wilde sobrevive a un asalto en el casino de Leadville, Colorado; se gana la amistad del célebre empresario teatral Edmond La Grange y, al desembarcar de nuevo en el Viejo Continente, ve como un caniche aparece muerto en una de sus maletas. Pero este pequeño drama canino no va a ser mas que el preludio de una tragedia mucho mas terrible. Como habian acordado, Wilde viaja a Paris para ayudar a La Grange con un montaje de Hamlet. Y alli se convertira en testigo de la epidemia de suicidios que comienza a cebarse en los miembros de la compañia. A menos, claro esta, que haya una mano negra detras de todo el asunto...Oscar Wilde, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle y la gran intriga victoriana regresan en este tercer episodio de la saga creada por Gyles Brandreth, quien una vez mas demuestra que su ingenio y dotes de sabueso no tienen nada que envidiar a las de sus protagonistas.

The story of us - without hesitation, repetition or deviation.Join national treasure and Just a Minute regular Gyles Brandreth on a hilariously addictive romp through British history. This isn't just another history book - there's a catch! From Stonehenge and Boudicca to Megxit and Brexit, each topic is written in 60-second installments, without hesitation, repetition, or deviation.A History of Britain in Just a Minute celebrates key moments, people and places from our past: kings and queens, heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters, inventions and events, battles and bonnets, art, science, literature, entertainment, sport, gossip, and more. Some entries are uninterrupted minutes, while others feature challenges for repetition and even, er...hesitation. You'll even find other Just a Minute panellists occasionally grabbing the pen to regale us with their witty takes on history.

La aritmética, debido a sus notaciones y sus formas especiales, se encuentra aislada del mundo circundante, como por una elevada muralla. La ruptura de esta aureola es parte del objetivo del autor. Asi pues, Brandreth ha sabido dar vida a las cifras, demostrando como puede ir desapareciendo la aversion hacia las matematicas a traves de ejemplos de los diversos fenomenos numericos y dando a entendersu valor intrinseco. El autor nos anticipa: "Hay que saber contar -escribio Maximo Gorki-, aunque solo sea para no casarse, a los cincuenta años, con una mujer de veinte". "Muy cierto. Si uno es dueño de una calculadora (o de diez dedos) y sabe contar, todos los problemas y desafios del libro se encontraran al alcance de su comprension".

Hamlet Orlando Julius Caesar Brown tenía un problema: su hermana Susan. Ella siempre destacaba en todo lo que hacía. Sólo tenía un defecto: no creía en los fantasmas. Pero los fantasmas existen...

THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer who knew her family best'Compelling . . .Fascinating' DAILY MAIL'The writer who got closest to the human truth about our long-serving senior royals' THE TIMES'The book overflows with nuggets of insider knowledge' TELEGRAPHPaints a unique picture of the remarkable woman who reigned for seven decades. Fascinating insights' HELLO!__________Gyles Brandreth first met the Queen in 1968, when he was twenty. Over the next fifty years he met her many times, both at public and at private events.Through his friendship with the Duke of Edinburgh, he was given privileged access to Elizabeth II. He kept a record of all those encounters, and his conversations with the Queen over the years, his meetings with her family and friends, and his observations of her at close quarters are what make this very personal account of her extraordinary life uniquely fascinating. From her childhood in the 1920s to the era of Harry and Meghan in the 2020s, from her war years at Windsor Castle to her death at Balmoral, this is both a record of a tumultuous century of royal history and a truly intimate portrait of a remarkable woman.

A sense of delight permeates Gyles Brandreths John Gielgud: An Actors Life Brandreth combines neat reportage, deft evocation and lovely tales about a man he knew and relished. The TimesA delightful memoir which tells you all you need to know and collects all the anecdotes. Daily MailJohn Gielgud was born in April 1904. When he died in May 2000, he was honoured as the giant of twentieth-century theatre. In this updated, acclaimed biography, Gyles Brandreth draws from over thirty years of conversations with Gielgud to tell the extraordinary story of a unique actor, film star, director and raconteur.In 1921 Gielgud made his first appearance at the Old Vic in London and through the next eight decades he dominated his profession initially as a classical actor, later in plays by Harold Pinter and Alan Bennett. In his twenties he had appeared in silent movies; more than half a century later, he emerged as a Hollywood star, winning his first Oscar at the age of seventy-eight.With wonderful anecdotes, and contributions from Kenneth Branagh, Alec Guinness, Paul Scofield, Donald Sinden, Judi Dench and Peter Hall, John Gielgud: An Actors Life is a compelling, humorous and moving account of a remarkable man.

A whirlwind tour of the joys of English by the master of concision and wit Susie Dent Gyles is very funny and never lost for words Dame Judi Dench As fans of Just a Minute know the key to the game is knowing your way around the English language how it works how it s evolved and how words connect often in surprising ways When it comes to the English language and Just a Minute Gyles Brandreth has seen it all and now he s ready to put you through your linguistic paces to become a Just a Minute expert yourself In this wildly entertaining A to Z of verbal acrobatics Gyles takes you on a whirlwind tour of our mother tongue from the origins of words and correct grammar and punctuation to similes euphemisms and record breaking tongue twisters try getting your mouth around floccinaucinihilipification An idiosyncratic blend of history word play anecdote and hyperbole all in 60 second instalments this is Gyles Brandreth at his word perfect Just a Minute best You ll never mix your metaphors again

Pre-order Gyles Brandreth's new book of our nation's favourite poetry . . . __________'Gyles has discovered the secret of finding happiness through learning poetry by heart. It's wonderful and so much fun.' Dame Judi Dench CH__________A little poetry really can save your life . . .Poetry is officially good for you. Not only does it enhance literacy in the young, but learning poetry by heart is the one truly pleasurable thing you can do to improve memory, boost brain power, and beat cognitive decline as time goes by. In Dancing by the Light of the Moon, Gyles Brandreth shares over 250 poems to read, relish and recite. Learn them by heart and you will:- never be lost for words again- extend your intellect and vocabulary- cut your chances of suffering dementia- be better acquainted with greats from Shakespeare to Spike Milligan- discover new poems from Simon Armitage to Rupi KaurWhether you are nine, nineteen or ninety, the poems and advice in this book provide the most enjoyable, moving and inspiring way to ensure a lifetime of dancing by the light of the moon - one joyous poem at a time . . .

"Brandreth is the true Samuel Pepys of our day." Andrew Neil, BBC Radio Five Live "Brandreth, for my money, offers about the most honest, and the most amusing, account of the demented, beery futility of the Tory-ruled Commons in the 1990s." Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph "Hilariously acute ... Irresistible." Matthew dAncona, Sunday Telegraph "Extremely touching ... Brandreth emerges as a decent, amusing, talented and charming man." Simon Heffer, Daily Mail "As a witty and insightful chronicler ... Brandreth is unsurpassed." Michael Simmons, The Spectator Gyles Brandreths revealing journal paints an extraordinary portrait of Whitehall and Westminster in our time - warts and all. Brandreth - MP for Chester and government whip - enjoyed a ringside seat at the great political events of the 1990s, from the fall of Margaret Thatcher to the election of Tony Blair. With candid descriptions of the key figures of the era, from the leading players to the ministers who fell from grace, and a cast that includes the Queen, Bill Clinton and Joanna Lumley, these widely acclaimed diaries provide a fascinating insight into both the reality of modern government and the bizarre life of a parliamentary candidate and new MP. Controversially, Breaking the Code also contains the first ever insiders account of the hitherto secret world that is the Government Whips Office. This new, complete edition features material previously excised for legal reasons, as well as additional diaries that take the story on another ten years to the departure of Tony Blair and the arrival as Tory leader of David Cameron - a bright young hopeful when Brandreth first meets him in 1993.