Lost Empires by J B Priestley purports to be an autobiography of Richard, usually Dick Herncastle, an artist, a painter of watercolours. In his foreword to the book, Priestley tells us that what follows, barring an epilogue seen from the perspective of decades in the future, is the text that Richard Herncastle wrote for himself, his incomplete …
Lost Empires Priestley ’s last novel of the first rank and a marvellous return to form after some fairly fallow years by his own highest standards. His ‘ Empires ’ are the variety theatres, great and small, splendid and shabby, which in the early part of the 20th century were to be found in cities and towns throughout the country and are now …
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1/1/2012 · JB Priestley isn’t read much these days, and I had never read him when a friend, noticing that I was talking on Facebook about nonfiction books about the theater, suggested LOST EMPIRES . In it Priestley tells the story of a teenage boy, an aspiring artist, who accepts an offer from his uncle to be his assistant in the magic act his uncle does …
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I should also note that the story is told in the first person, a form I usually dislike. Priestley ‘s use of it, however, is wholly justified. He manages the narrative voice well. J B Priestley wrote many novels, and other works, none of it less than readable. In Lost Empires , he touched on greatness.
10/24/1986 · With Colin Firth, John Castle, Gillian Bevan, Mike Edmonds. In 1913, young Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle Nick’s magic act and is introduced to the enchanted world of the British music hall. Travelling from one city to the next, assisting at conjuring acts and disappearing acts, Richard comes to know romance, politics, and high adventure.
