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Alec Waugh
Myself When Young: Confessions, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts…
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"The Lonely Unicorn: A Novel" by Alec Waugh is a captivating tale that blends elements of fantasy and adventure with profound insights into the human condition. Set in a whimsical…
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Dieses klassische Buch wurde urspruenglich vor Jahrzehnten unter dem Titel ""Myself When Young Confessions"". Es wurde jetzt von Writat fuer seine franzoesischsprachigen Leser in die franzoesische Sprache uebersetzt. Bei Writat…
Ce livre classique a ete initialement publie il y a plusieurs decennies sous le titre ""Myself When Young Confessions"". Il a maintenant ete traduit par Writat en langue francaise pour…
The Prisoners of Mainz, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
The author was serving in the trenches of Passchendaele with the Dorset Regiment. Captured in the German offensives in March 1918, this book records his experiences as a POW. Waugh…
Roland Whately: A Novel, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made…
Nor Many Waters first appeared in 1928. This novel is typical Alec Waugh in its charm and grace, and its shrewd perception of human emotions and profound exploration of human…
This discursive and absorbing travel-book offers, as the author says in his new Foreword, a picture of a way of living that exists no longer. Hot Countries tells of a…
Originally published in 1948, ‘Unclouded Summer’ is a love story by Alec Waugh.
Events that take place in an obscure oil-surveyor’s camp in the French West Indies act as the link and the catalyst for three desperate groups of people thousands of miles…
Alec Waugh’s Island in the Sun - a novel about the West Indies in the 1950’s - was one of the outstanding successes of the decade. It was a major…
First published in 1926, this story explores love in these days, days past, and what is likely to come.
And if the modern reader after turning a page or two finds his attention held and wants to go on reading it will mean that this book has become at…
Written by Alec Waugh, this is a biography of Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, creator of the Lipton tea brand and one of the most persistent challengers in the history of…
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Originally published in 1965, ‘The Mule and the Minaret’ is a story set in the Middle East by Alec Waugh.
Based on the film of the same name, this is a novel by Alec Waugh.
Originally published in 1955, ‘Island in the Sun’ is a story of the 1950s set in the West Indies.
Originally published in 1934, ‘The Balliols’ is a story by Alec Waugh.
Originally published in 1932, ‘Leab Before You Look’ is a novel by Alec Waugh.
This is not the only one of Alec Waugh’s novels in which he has described the agonies of a couple who are desperately in love but cannot marry, for it…
Originally published in 1941, ‘No Truce with Time’ is a novel by Alec Waugh.
‘My Place in the Bazaar’ is a collection of stories by Alec Waugh.
Originally published in 1949, ‘The Sugar Islands’ is a collection of pieces written about the West Indies between 1928 and 1953.
Originally published in 1967, this work profiles Alec Waugh’s better-known brother Evelyn amongst others.
‘Where the Clocks Chime Twice’ is a travel book by Alec Waugh.
Set in the imaginary locale of the island of Karak in the South China Sea, this novel portrays the social and domestic relationships of the white colony against the wider…
Originally published in 1925, ‘Kept’ is a novel set in post-war London by Alec Waugh.
Originally published in 1973, ‘The Fatal Gift’ is a novel by Alec Waugh.
Originally published in 1952, ‘Guy Renton’ is a novel set in London by Alec Waugh.
Originally published in 1930, this is a love story by Alec Waugh.
Alec Waugh describes his novel as an erotic comedy. It is the story of a respectable Treasury official, Victor Trail, and his wife Myra, whose marriage has lost its flavour…
In ‘A Year to Remember’, Alec Waugh looks back at the year 1931.
Publisher: London G. Richards Publication date: 1922 Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
An exhaustively researched, deftly written examination of Bangkok- the city\nthat Chinese traders once called The Village of the Wild Plum. Alec Waugh, brother of Evelyn, and bestselling author of Island…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
Alexander Raban Waugh was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic, and publisher. His first wife was Barbara…
The Lonely Unicorn: A Novel, has been considered important throughout human history. In an effort to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to secure its…
The Loom of Youth, has been considered important throughout human history. In an effort to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to secure its preservation…
