The Hound In The Left Hand Corner

Author : Giles Waterfield
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416580816
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hound in the Left-hand Corner written by Giles Waterfield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this brilliantly witty satire -- a bestseller in the UK -- a prestigious British museum launches an ambitious new exhibit...which quickly becomes a seasonal nightmare. Think that a day in the life of a London museum director is cold, quiet, and austere? Think again. Giles Waterfield brings a combination of intellectual comedy and knockabout farce to the subject in this story of one long day in a museum full of scandals, screw-upsŠand more than a few scalawags. At the beginning of The Hound in the Left-hand Corner, Auberon, the brilliant but troubled director of the Museum of British History, is preparing one midsummer's day for the opening of the most spectacular exhibition his museum has ever staged. The centerpiece is a painting of the intriguing Lady St. John strikingly attired as Puck, which hasn't been shown in London in a hundred years. As the day passes, the portrait arouses disquieting questions, jealousies, rivalries -- and more than a few strange affections -- in the minds of the museum staff. As guests and employees pour in, the tension rises -- and Auberon himself has the hilariously ridiculous task of keeping the peace, without losing his own sense of reality as well. For everyone who loves the farce of David Lodge and Michael Frayn, or even the Antiques Roadshow, the fast-paced, hilarious satire of The Hound in the Left-hand Corner is sure to delight and entertain.

Author : Giles Waterfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780753169889
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hound in the Left-Hand Corner written by Giles Waterfield and published by . This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of THE LONG AFTERNOON turns his attention to serious folly and with cunning sleight of hand shows he has a talent to amuse and provoke in equal measure. Auberon, the brilliant but troubled Director of the Museum of British History is preparing one Midsummer's Day for the opening of the most spectacular exhibition the Museum has ever staged: ELEGANCE. The centrepiece of the exhibition is Gainsborough's portrait of the beautiful and intriguing Lady St John - not shown in London for a hundred years, the painting shows its subject strikingly attired as Puck. As the day passes the portrait arouses in the minds of the museum staff disquieting questions, rivalries and strangely deep affections. Tension mounts: will the gala dinner be a success? Can the museum's Chairman be kept under control? And just what is it that's so peculiar about the portrait?

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Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870996444
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medieval Tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1993 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the condition, subject, design, manufacture, ownership, and exhibitions for each tapestry or set of tapestries in the Museum's medieval tapestry collection. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Author : Tresham Gilbey
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Total Pages : 478 pages
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Author : Rob Griffiths
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 9780596008185
Total Pages : 598 pages
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Author : John Earle Welby
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
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Total Pages : 482 pages
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