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Compton Mackenzie Livres

    Compton Mackenzie was born into a theatrical family. His father, Edward Compton, was an actor and theatre company manager; his sister, Fay Compton, starred in many of James M. Barrie's plays, including Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. He was educated at St Paul's School and Magdalen College, Oxford where he obtained a degree in Modern History. Mackenzie was married three times and aside from his writing also worked as an actor, political activist, and broadcaster. He served with British Intelligence in the Eastern Mediterranean during World War I, later publishing four books on his experiences. Compton Mackenzie was from 1920–1923 Tenant of Herm and Jethou and he shares many similarities to the central character in D.H. Lawrence's short story The Man Who Loved Islands, despite Lawrence saying "the man is no more he than I am." Mackenzie at first asked Secker, who published both authors, not to print the story and it was left out of one collection.

    Compton Mackenzie
    Youth's Encounter
    Poor Relations
    The monarch of the Glen
    The Highland omnibus
    Whisky Galore
    The Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett

    • The Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett

      • 608pages
      • 22 heures de lecture
      3,5(4)Évaluer

      The vital, inventive and humorous tale of Sylvia Scarlett, acclaimed as 'one of the few really great women in fiction'.

      The Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett

    • Whisky Galore

      • 304pages
      • 11 heures de lecture
      4,0(96)Évaluer

      It's 1943 and the war has brought rationing to the Hebridean islands of Great and Little Todday. When food is in short supply, it is bad enough, but when the whisky runs out, it looks like the end of the world. Morale is at rock bottom. George Campbell needs a wee dram to give him the courage to stand up to his mother and marry Catriona. The priest, the doctor and, of course, the landlord at the inn are all having a very thin time of it. There's no conversation, no jolity, no fun - until a shipwreck off the coast brings a piece of extraordinary good fortune...

      Whisky Galore

    • The Highland omnibus

      • 748pages
      • 27 heures de lecture
      3,8(21)Évaluer

      In the Highlands of Scotland, Chester Royde is an American millionaire who has recently married, and who has come to Scotland to visit something of his bride's roots.He is also accompanied by his young, unmarried sister, and it seems to the MacDonald family that nothing would be better in this era of rising costs for the landed gentry than for Myrtle Royde to marry one of Ben Nevis' three sons.

      The Highland omnibus

    • The monarch of the Glen

      3,7(74)Évaluer

      Chester Royde, an American millionaire, travels to Scotland with his new bride Carrie and sister Myrtle, to find out more about Carrie's Scottish ancestry. Their new 'relatives' turn out to be a little more authentically Scottish than they bargained for.

      The monarch of the Glen

    • The Savoy Of London

      • 148pages
      • 6 heures de lecture

      "The Savoy of London" is a fascinating historical account of one of London's most iconic hotels. Originally published in 1934, this book provides an insider's look into the world of luxury and glamour that characterized the Savoy during its heyday. The author, Compton Mackenzie, paints a vivid picture of the hotel's history, from its opening in 1889 to the present day.

      The Savoy Of London

    • Carnival

      • 392pages
      • 14 heures de lecture
      Carnival