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A family fable

Author: Max Hastings
Publisher: London : HarperPress : [distributor] HarperCollins Distribution Services, 2010.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Max Hastings's account of his family's tumultuous 20th century experiences embraces the worlds of fashion and newspapers, theatre and TV, pioneering in Africa and even -- his father's most exotic 1960 stunt -- being cast away on a desert island in the Indian Ocean.
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Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Max Hastings
ISBN: 9780007271719 0007271719
OCLC Number: 851770404
Language Note: English.
Target Audience: General (US: Trade).
Description: 288 pages ; 24 x 16 cm
Responsibility: Max Hastings.

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