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Matthew Sweet (1) (1969–)

Autor(a) de Inventing the Victorians

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13+ Works 771 Membros 17 Reviews

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Obras de Matthew Sweet

Associated Works

The Woman in White (1859) — Editor, algumas edições12,730 cópias
The Poison Belt (1913) — Prefácio, algumas edições449 cópias
Doctor Who: The Target Storybook (2019) — Autor — 68 cópias
Rebecca and Rowena (1850) — Prefácio, algumas edições66 cópias
Amos Barton (1857) — Prefácio, algumas edições49 cópias
Short Trips: Time Signature (2006) — Contribuinte — 48 cópias
Short Trips: The History of Christmas (2005) — Contribuinte — 48 cópias
The Lawyer's Secret (1862) — Prefácio, algumas edições38 cópias
Re:Collections: The Best of Short Trips (2009) — Contribuinte — 19 cópias
Jago & Litefoot: Series Three (2011) — Contribuinte — 12 cópias
Jago & Litefoot: Series Four (2012) — Contribuinte — 11 cópias
Jago & Litefoot: Series Six (2013) — Contribuinte — 9 cópias
Jago & Litefoot: Series Eleven (2016) — Contribuinte — 6 cópias
Jago & Litefoot: Series Thirteen (2017) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias
The Craft: Music From The Motion Picture (1996) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias
BBC Proms 2019 : Prom 27 : The Sound of Space : Sci-Fi Film Music [programme] (2019) — Programme notes and profiles — 1 exemplar(es)

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1969-12-02
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Local de nascimento
Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Ocupação
BBC Radio 3 presenter

Membros

Resenhas

The conceit here is that some of Shakespeare's old notebooks have been unearthed, and the odd bits of writing in them prove that Shakespeare and the Doctor met a lot more often than the TV show ever indicated. None of which makes a whole lot of sense, but then it's clearly not really trying to, being mostly just an excuse for some Doctor Who fans/Shakespeare nerds to write little snippets of mashups between the two, including famous Shakespearean speeches and sonnets that have been rendered Doctor Who-themed, alternate versions of plays in which the Doctor (or his friends, or his enemies) meddle with events, bits of Doctor Who episodes rendered in iambic pentameter, and so on.

It does manage to be pretty funny in places, but, I don't know, the whole thing was really just a little bit too silly for me, even by Doctor Who standards. And I don't care how good a Doctor Who writer you are, putting your own prose side-by-side with Shakespeare's never does anybody any favors.
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bragan | outras 3 resenhas | Apr 23, 2021 |
Often entertaining account of incidents that took place (mostly) during World War II in the "grand hotels" of London. There's a bit of a cheat in the book, in that the 1947 Savoy Hotel strike is included, and some of the connections to the grand hotels are a bit tenuous, but the stories are worth reading. Some definite snark by the author, though he's actually funny when he does it, unlike some specimens I've seen. Recommended.
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EricCostello | outras 5 resenhas | Nov 24, 2019 |
Ultimately a really enjoyable book. Incorrigibly gossipy and with plenty of name-dropping, it manages to reveal a real heart in places. In between the campy goings-on of the habitués of the Ritz, the Dorchester, the Savoy and Claridges while Lutfawaffe bombs were falling all around, it has real, frequently tragic stories about ordinary people whose lives intersected with the hotels. Most moving is the chapter on Mary Pickwoad, a young woman who died in Room 365 of the Ritz after a botched abortion. Both her married lover and the abortionist got off more or less scot-free. There is also Stella Lonsdale, who was either a master spy or one of the biggest liars of WWII. She played off both Mi5 and the Abwehr, and to this day no-one is sure who she was actually spying for. A nice little chapter details the secret society of the hotels' gay clientele, at a time when not only was homosexuality illegal, but the police were hunting them with vigour. On the whole, if you can get past the gossip column fodder, this is a worthwhile piece of social history.… (mais)
 
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drmaf | outras 5 resenhas | May 8, 2017 |
I've been surprisingly disappointed by the stories given Seven and so I'm pleasantly surprised by this one. The freaky cabaret singer and, of course the [REDACTED] make this one wonderfully creepy and vivid.
 
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KateSherrod | 1 outra resenha | Aug 1, 2016 |

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Membros
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Popularidade
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Avaliação
4.0
Resenhas
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ISBNs
35
Idiomas
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