My Life and Times
by Compton Mackenzie
My Life and Times : Compton Mackenzie (Octaves One to Ten, 10 vols.)
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Mackenzie started his autobiography late in life, and announced plans to publish one book a year, each book covering 8 years of his life, until complete. And me made it though 10 volumes. He had an excellent detailed memory and an interesting life (at least until the very end). Unbelievably he wrote other volumes of memoirs as well, including 4 volumes of his adventures in British Intelligence in Athens in the First War, and relating to music (he was a founder of Gramaphone magazine).
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Author Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool, England on January 17, 1883. He studied law at Magdalen College in Oxford, but stopped in 1907 to focus on his writing career. He served with British Intelligence during World War I and later published four books about his experiences during this time. He published ninety books including The show more Passionate Elopement, Carnival, and Sinister Street. He was also a broadcaster and founded and edited the magazine Gramophone. He was knighted in 1952 and died in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 30, 1972. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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