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Max Reinhardt

A Life in Publishing

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  • © 2009

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  1. Judith Adamson
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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Prologue

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 1-3

  3. From Istanbul to London on the Orient Express

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 5-16

  4. Enemy Alien, Student, Spy

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 17-29

  5. The Accountants and George Bernard Shaw

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 30-41

  6. Nonesuch

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 42-46

  7. The Bodley Head

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 47-61

  8. Enter Director Graham Greene

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 62-67

  9. Charlie Chaplin: The Great Coup

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 68-76

  10. The Reinhardt-Greene Team

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 77-86

  11. Georgette Heyer

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 87-91

  12. The Bodley Head Books for Children

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 92-99

  13. From Bow Street to the World’s Bookshops

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 100-109

  14. Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Copyright

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 110-121

  15. Heady, Champagne Years

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 122-139

  16. Mistakes

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 140-161

  17. The Last Act

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 162-175

  18. Reinhardt Books

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 176-195

  19. Last Words

    • Judith Adamson
    Pages 196-198

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 199-220
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About this book

Reinhardt owned The Bodley Head from 1957 to 1987, and smaller publishers like The Nonesuch Press and Reinhardt Books. This account of his life contains stories about his authors, among them Graham Greene, G.B. Shaw, Charlie Chaplin and his actor friends, illuminating the trajectory of British publishing in the second half of the twentieth century.

About the author

JUDITH ADAMSON is the author of several books, including Graham Greene: The Dangerous Edge and Charlotte Haldane: Woman Writer in a Man's World, a biography of JBS Haldane's first wife. She selected and introduced the essays in Graham Greene's acclaimed last book, Reflections, and edited and introduced Love Letters: Leonard Woolf& Trekkie Ritchie Parsons. She is Professor of English at Dawson College, Montreal, Canada.

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