Roy Marsden
BRILLIANT BRUMMELL
“Ian Kelly’s biography Beau Brummell, a man of wit and sociability who rode the tiger of social elitism in 18th-century England and was eventually devoured by it. The final period of his life, dying of syphilis, as a pauper in France, is one of the most heart-rending descriptions I have read. A terrible journey of loneliness.”
Roy Marsden appears in the new series of Rebus, which began on ITV1 last night.
Jenny Agutter
ENGAGING EMMA
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“Social etiquette may change but people are fundamentally the same. That is why Jane Austen’s characters are so enjoyable. Emma is about an interfering, self-centred snob, but she is entirely believable. The novel takes so many turns and is told with such humour, that I am entirely engaged
by her journey of self-discovery.”
Jenny Agutter appears at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival on October 10.