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The gripping history of a venerable publishing house and its behind-the-scenes sagas

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Humphrey Carpenter s history of the firm, completed by other hands after his death in 2005, is an evocation of a vanished age - Jeremy Lewis, Daily Telegraph

A treasure-trove of fascinating information paced into Humphrey Carpenter s riveting history of the world s longest surviving publishing house...Terrific - Val Hennessy, Daily Mail

'The late Humphrey Carpenter, a delightful and generous-minded man to whose memory I doff my cap, died while still at work on the manuscript of Seven Lives' - Independent on Sunday

The highs and lows of the literary world are reported with panache in this fascinating book. Superb photographs too - Tatler

'The highs and lows of the literary world are reported with panache in this fascinating book. Superb photographs too. - Tatler

A fitting tribute to a remarkable publisher' - The Sunday Herald

A fine testimony to Humphrey s unobtrusive scholarship and narrative skills...a major contribution to our knowledge of publishing practices and the history of the book - Byron Journal, Andrew Nicholson

The Seven Lives of John Murray

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      Publisher: John Murray Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 23/07/2009
      ISBN13: 9780719565335, 978-0719565335
      ISBN10: 0719565332
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The gripping history of a venerable publishing house and its behind-the-scenes sagas

      Trade Review
      Humphrey Carpenter s history of the firm, completed by other hands after his death in 2005, is an evocation of a vanished age - Jeremy Lewis, Daily Telegraph

      A treasure-trove of fascinating information paced into Humphrey Carpenter s riveting history of the world s longest surviving publishing house...Terrific - Val Hennessy, Daily Mail

      'The late Humphrey Carpenter, a delightful and generous-minded man to whose memory I doff my cap, died while still at work on the manuscript of Seven Lives' - Independent on Sunday

      The highs and lows of the literary world are reported with panache in this fascinating book. Superb photographs too - Tatler

      'The highs and lows of the literary world are reported with panache in this fascinating book. Superb photographs too. - Tatler

      A fitting tribute to a remarkable publisher' - The Sunday Herald

      A fine testimony to Humphrey s unobtrusive scholarship and narrative skills...a major contribution to our knowledge of publishing practices and the history of the book - Byron Journal, Andrew Nicholson

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