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Cecil Beaton

the authorized biography

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Hugo Vickers became Cecil Beaton's authorised biographer at Beaton's own request, and was given access to voluminous unpublished material. Yet because Beaton died two days after commissioning his new biographer, Vickers was subject to none of the usual restrictions. His book was an instant number one best-seller and soon became indispensable to anyone interested in the artistic and social world of the twentieth century. Hugo Vickers explores the contradictions of a man addicted to fame, yet riddled with self-doubt, and capable of musing: 'It is not the most interesting life, to be always happy.' First published in 1985. This is the seventh edition.

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Cecil Beaton: The Authorized Biography
2020, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
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Cecil Beaton
October 28, 2002, Phoenix Press, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
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Cecil Beaton: the authorized biography
1993, Weidenfeld, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English - New ed.
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Cecil Beaton: A Biography
June 1, 1987, Plume
Paperback in English
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Cecil Beaton, The Authorized Biography
1986, Trafalgar Square, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Cecil Beaton
May 9, 1986, Weidenfeld & Nicholson
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Cecil Beaton: the authorized biography
1986, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
in English
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Cecil Beaton: A Biography
June 1986, Little Brown and Company
Hardcover in English - 1st American ed edition
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Cecil Beaton: the authorized biography
1985, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
Cover of: Cecil Beaton
Cecil Beaton: a biography
1985, Little, Brown
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: Cecil Beaton
Cecil Beaton: the authorized biography
1985, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 590-593) and index.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
770/.92/4
Library of Congress
TR140.B4

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxix, 656 p., [32] p. of plates :
Number of pages
656

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Open Library
OL24930793M
Internet Archive
cecilbeatonautho00vick
ISBN 10
0297789015
ISBN 13
9780297789017
OCLC/WorldCat
15658159

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