Brief Encounters by Edwin Moore

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Brief Encounters by Edwin Moore

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Summary

What happened when Gandhi met Chaplin, Elvis jammed with the Beatles and the Einsteins visited the Freuds

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Brief Encounters by Edwin Moore

This informative and entertaining look at our past and present explores the pleasantries, pardons, interrogations and arguments that have passed between the likes of Jackie Kennedy and Princess Diana, Lew Wallace and Billy the Kid, Osama Bin Laden and John Simpson, and JS Bach and Frederick the Great. The meetings in this book offer a unique perspective on brief moments in our history. As Donald Rumsfeld (whom we also encounter in the book) would perhaps put it, this is 'stuff' as it happened, and we are all interested in stuff.
Witty, light and packed with information - The Sunday Herald
Edwin Moore was a senior editor for a large publishing company for 17 years and was made redundant in 2005. He now lives on the other side of the publishing fence, where he writes quirky reference texts and occasional (non-quirky) obituaries for The Times. He is a film and television extra and can be seen not bumping into things in various movies (a blind man in Hallam Foe, a drunk in Wedding Belles and he plays a mad scientist in a Stagecoach advert). He is also the author of Lemmings Don't Leap published by Chambers - an amusing and informative book that explodes dozens of fondly-held beliefs, from the serious to the frivolous.
SKU GOR002318591
ISBN 13 9780550103505
ISBN 10 0550103503
Title Brief Encounters
Author Edwin Moore
Condition very good
Binding type Paperback
Publisher John Murray Press
Year published 2007-10-26
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
Note This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us