Anthony Holden, Author . Little, Brown $29.95 (448p) ISBN 978-0-316-06752-2
Holden, a veteran biographer of figures from Shakespeare to Prince Charles, delivers a colorful and eventful portrait of one of the longest-lived members of the Romantic era, whose chief accomplishment, besides his conviviality, may have been...
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Anthony Holden, Author . Simon & Schuster $26 (291p) ISBN 978-0-7432-9482-9
Long before poker had achieved today's stratospheric level of popularity, British writer Holden chronicled the challenges and frustrations of a year on the professional poker circuit, in 1990's Big Deal
. In this enjoyable sequel, he...
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Anthony Holden, Author Viking Books $19.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-670-82847-0
Literate sophistication and urbane wit inform this unusual tale of a British newsman and author ( Charles, Prince of Wales ) who spent 1989 as a professional poker player. More than a chronicle of that year, the book presents stories of the...
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Anthony Holden, Author Plume Books $16.95 (672p) ISBN 978-0-452-27131-9
A comprehensive and marvelously entertaining history of the winners and losers, behind-the-scenes machinations, controversies and rituals surrounding the Academy Awards over the past six decades. Photos. (Feb.)
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Anthony Holden, Author Atheneum Books $0 (504p) ISBN 978-0-689-11536-3
Biographer of British royalty, Holden ( Charles, Prince of Wales , etc.), here splendidly conveys the dynamic, versatile and appealing character of the first lord of British theater and international film. Contending that there is no single Olivier...
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Anthony Holden, Author George Weidenfeld & Nicholson $0 (242p) ISBN 978-1-55584-309-0
In Charles, Prince of Wales , British journalist Holden recorded the life of the heir to the throne from his birth in 1948 to age 30, where this sequel begins. Stylishly presented and informed, the text induces one to share the author's respect and...
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Anthony Holden, Author Collier Books $14.95 (504p) ISBN 978-0-02-033285-5
``Biographer of British royalty, Holden here splendidly conveys the dynamic, versatile and appealing character of the first lord of British theater and international film,'' wrote PW. Photos. (Jan.)
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Anthony Holden, Author Penguin Books $10 (320p) ISBN 978-0-14-012246-6
Sophistication and urbane wit inform this memoir of a British newsman who spent 1989 as a professional poker player. (Apr.)
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Anthony Holden, Author Simon & Schuster $24.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-70129-1
Holden ( Prince Charles ) covers each of the award ceremonies in rich detail, from the first Oscar dinner in 1929 to the orgy of self-congratulation in 1991. Devotees of Oscar trivia will be interested to learn how the statuettes are made, the...
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Anthony Holden, Author Random House (NY) $35 (16p) ISBN 978-0-679-42006-4
There have been biographies galore of the great Russian composer, beginning with the massive but highly selective one by his brother Modest, published less than a decade after Pyotr Ilyich's mysterious death in 1893. Holden's effort does not attempt
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Anthony Holden, Author Random House (NY) $24.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-375-50175-3
The latest in Holden's series of biographies of the Prince of Wales published to coincide with his 30th, 40th and now 50th birthdays, this is a chatty, personal look at a man with whom Holden no longer has anything like a personal relationship....
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Anthony Holden, Author Little Brown and Company $29.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-316-51849-9
First-time bardographer (and biographer of Olivier and Prince Charles), Holden colorfully if superficially fills in the blanks between Shakespeare's vast output of verse and the paltry official record, which leaves much about the man to speculation.
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