Great Meadow (24 page)

Fanny Blake, the most valiant of editors, has wrestled hard and long with my
deliberately
limited vocabulary and removed
as many
ands, sos
and
whichs
as I would allow her to, and Mrs Sally Betts, after almost sixteen years of perplexity and confusion, most bravely borne, has eventually typed our tenth volume.

My unbounded love and gratitude to them both is herewith recorded.

D.v.d.B.
London

Sir Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999) was an English actor and novelist. Initially a matinee idol, Bogarde later acted in art-house films such as
Death In Venice
. As well as completing six novels, Bogarde wrote several volumes of autobiography.
Between 1947 and 1991, Bogarde made more than sixty films. For over two decades he lived in Italy and France, where he began to write seriously.
In 1985 he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of St Andrews and in 1990 was promoted to Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.
Sir Dirk Bogarde has a legion of fans to this day - an extraordinary commitment to an extraordinary man - do check out his
fansite
and
Facebook page
.

Discover books by Dirk Bogarde published by Bloomsbury Reader at
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A Gentle Occupation
A Particular Friendship
A Period of Adjustment
A Short Walk to Harrods
An Orderly Man
Backcloth
Cleared for Take-Off
Closing Ranks
For the Time Being
Great Meadow
Jericho
Voices in the Garden
West of Sunset

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First published in Great Britain 1992 by Viking
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