Coronation - Paul Gallico

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Auteur(s) : Paul Gallico

Editeur : Bloomsbury Usa

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/05/2013

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 160

Expédition : 184

Dimensions : 18.7 x 11.8 x 2.0

ISBN : 9781408830222

Résumé :

Just in time for the much-anticipated royal coronation of 2023, the charming story of a family's madcap quest to witness Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation, from the beloved author of Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris.

Coronation Day, June 2nd, 1953. A humble, working-class family from Sheffield is desperate to see the Queen's coronation-a once-in-a-lifetime event-even at the expense of their annual seaside holiday. After scrimping and saving, and a family meeting in which the enthusiasm of the children eclipses the skepticism of their mother and grandmother, the Clagg family takes the plunge and buys premium tickets to the big day.

But in classic Gallico fashion, twists and turns await them on the way. Will their tickets be everything they hoped and dreamed? Will granny stop grumbling that it's all a waste of money? Most importantly, will they ever get to see their beloved Queen? In this tender and heartwarming story, Paul Gallico brings to life the joy and fervor that swept the nation during the last royal coronation-and provides delightful historical perspective on the upcoming coronation of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla.

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Biographie:
Paul Gallico was born in New York City, of Italian and Austrian parentage, in 1897, and attended Columbia University. From 1922 to 1936 he worked on the New York Daily News as sports editor, columnist, and assistant managing editor. In 1936 he bought a house on top of a hill at Salcombe in South Devon and settled down with a Great Dane and twenty-three assorted cats. It was in 1941 that he made his name with The Snow Goose, a classic story of Dunkirk which became a world-wide best-seller. Having served as a gunner's mate in the U.S. Navy in 1918, he was again active as a war correspondent with the American Expeditionary Force in 1944. Paul Gallico, who later lived in Monaco, was a first-class fencer and a keen sea-fisherman. He wrote over forty books, four of which were the adventures of Mrs Harris: Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (1958), Mrs Harris Goes to New York (1959), Mrs. Harris, M.P. (1965) and Mrs Harris Goes to Moscow (1974). One of the most prolific and professional of American authors, Paul Gallico died in July 1976....

Sommaire:
Paul Gallico was born in New York City in 1897 and attended Columbia University. From 1922 to 1936 he worked for the New York Daily News. In 1936 he bought a house on top of a hill in South Devon, England, and settled down with a Great Dane and twenty-three assorted cats. In 1941 he made his name with The Snow Goose, a classic story of Dunkirk which became a worldwide bestseller. He wrote over forty books, four of which were the adventures of Mrs Harris: Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (1958), Mrs Harris Goes to New York (1959), Mrs Harris, M.P. (1965) and Mrs Harris Goes to Moscow (1974). He died in 1976....