{"product_id":"the-seven-lives-of-john-murray-9780719565335","title":"The Seven Lives of John Murray","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe gripping history of a venerable publishing house and its behind-the-scenes sagas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHumphrey 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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The highs and lows of the literary world are reported with panache in this fascinating book. Superb photographs too - Tatler\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The highs and lows of the literary world are reported with panache in this fascinating book. Superb photographs too. - Tatler\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A fitting tribute to a remarkable publisher' - The Sunday Herald\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404111159639,"sku":"9780719565335","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719565335.jpg?v=1730485456","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-seven-lives-of-john-murray-9780719565335","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}