A happy reading Christmas from Elf2!
Minute subcutaneous examination by Elf1 of the economic condition of George Calderon: Edwardian Genius suggests that we can offer a SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DEAL to Calderonia followers and visitors who might like to buy TWO COPIES AT A 27% DISCOUNT. To be precise, if you buy one copy at the fixed price of £32.95 including second class postage, you can get a second copy for £15.00 including postage, making a TOTAL COST OF £47.95! Please email Elf1 at mail@patrickmiles.co.uk to place your order, including your postal address.
The offer will last until Tw-elf Night, which in this case is reckoned to be 5 January 2019 inclusive.
My deep and heartfelt thanks to all Calderonia’s loyal followers in its fourth year who sustained me with your unflagging interest and encouragement through the vicissitudes of self-publication, who continue to Comment so stimulatingly, and who since publication day have supported the project so generously from your purses…
A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!
SOME RESPONSES TO THE BIOGRAPHY RECEIVED SO FAR
‘The book is written with great assurance and the reader always feels in safe hands. I liked the idea of it being a story and I read it the same way I would read a novel.’ Harvey Pitcher, writer
‘It is a masterly synthesis of your own approach with scholarship and very judicious discussion of the evidence.’ Emeritus Professor Catherine Andreyev, historian
‘A monumental scholarly masterpiece that gives real insight into how the Edwardians viewed the world.’ Arch Tait, Translator of Natalya Rzhevskaya’s Memoirs of a Wartime Interpreter
‘You have, I believe, architected and written a monumental and original biography.’ John Pym, film critic
‘This is bound to remain the definitive account.’ Laurence Senelick, Fletcher Professor of Drama, Tufts University
A review by DAMIAN GRANT appears in the comments to Calderonia’s 7 September post.
A review by JOHN DEWEY appears on Amazon UK.
It was a lot of fun coming up with 2018’s image, in this case an animation!
There is a Calderonia tradition of light-hearted Christmas posts, beginning perhaps in 2014:
Cemented in 2016:
Followed by last year 2017’s:
And then 2018’s animated graphic in the post above.
It might be a tad early, but Merry Christmas one and all!