Greek Memories
| Author | : Compton Mackenzie |
| Publisher | : Biteback Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Biography |
| ISBN | : 9781849540834 |
A classic "lost" British espionage title published in its true form for the first time since 1932.
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Whisky Galore
| Author | : Compton Mackenzie |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 2015-10-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1473524504 |
It's 1943 and the war has brought rationing to the Hebridean islands of Great and Little Todday. When food is in short supply, it is bad enough, but when the whisky runs out, it looks like the end of the world. Morale is at rock bottom. George Campbell needs a wee dram to give him the courage to stand up to his mother and marry Catriona. The priest, the doctor and, of course, the landlord at the inn are all having a very thin time of it. There's no conversation, no jolity, no fun - until a shipwreck off the coast brings a piece of extraordinary good fortune...
Extraordinary Women
| Author | : Compton Mackenzie |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 404 |
| Release | : 1928 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : |
Roman áa clef portraying several notable lesbians of the period as a coterie of witty, wealthy women roaming Europe.--Misha Schutt.
Whisky Galore
| Author | : Sir Compton Mackenzie |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 255 |
| Release | : 1967 |
| Genre | : Hebrides (Scotland) |
| ISBN | : |
In this uproariously funny story, the setting is the enchanting Hebridean islands of Great Todday and Little Todday, in which the inhabitants are more concerned with the replenishment of their supplies of whisky than with the defence of the Islands against the enemy. All our old friends - Sergeant-Major Odd and his charming Peggy (whom he successfully carries off), Captain Waggett, Father Macalister, the Macroons and the MacRuries - are here again, and their activities in connection with the wreck of the S.S. Cabinet Minister, loaded to the gunwales with whisky for America, give full scope to Compton Mackenzie's hilarious wit.
The Monarch of the Glen
| Author | : Compton Mackenzie |
| Publisher | : Arrow |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Highlands (Scotland) |
| ISBN | : 9780099529545 |
Chester Royde, an American millionaire, travels to Scotland with his new bride Carrie and sister Myrtle, to find out more about Carrie's Scottish ancestry. Their new 'relatives' turn out to be a little more authentically Scottish than they bargained for.
Realms of Silver
| Author | : Compton Mackenzie |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 393 |
| Release | : 2013-11-05 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1136583637 |
Originally published in 1954 this volume looks at the difficulties encountered by the founders of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China in seeking, a hundred years ago, to establish the awakening countries of the East, British standard of financial probity and commercial integrity and then goes on to relate how the Bank was able to foster trade and industry in the lands to which its establishment was extended and to co-operate in the reform of archaic systems of currency.
SINISTER STREET,.
| Author | : COMPTON. MACKENZIE |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781033247280 |
Catholicism and Scotland
| Author | : Compton Mackenzie |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 124 |
| Release | : 2021-10-12 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1000441237 |
Originally published in 1936 and authored by an ardent Scottish Nationalist and convert to Roman Catholicism, this concise book begins in the Gaelic era and charts the turbulent history of Catholicism in Scotland from then to the early 20th Century through the Norman Conquest of England and the coming of Saint Margaret. The contribution of the unbroken line of Stuart Kings to the national consciousness is emphasized and an outspoken account of the origins of John Knox’s Presbyterian movement given. The book also discusses the persecution of Catholic missionaries in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Gallipoli Memories
| Author | : Compton Mackenzie |
| Publisher | : Obscure Press |
| Total Pages | : 412 |
| Release | : 2006-02 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1846649617 |
Gallipoli Memories Originally published in 1929, this is an eye-witness account. Compton Mackenzie, famous for his humorous novels, relates his memories of Gallipoli in the First World War. Contents: The Beginning of th. e War Off to Alexandria Getting a Uniform Looking for G.H.Q. The 'Arcadian' Helles Life at G.H.Q. The Battle of the Fourth of June More Life at G.H.Q. Army Corps Headquarters Tenedos for the Second Time Shells Tenedos for the Third Time. Off to Mytilene Days and Nights in Lesbos The Vassilaki Family The New Army Back at G.H.Q. The Dark Night of the Suvla Landing After Suvla Helles Index. Keywords: World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns Turkey and the near East Gallipoli World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, English Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Keywords: First World War Eye Witness Account Gallipoli Army Corps Index Keywords Helles Personal Narratives 1914 Memories Compton Mackenzie Humorous Novels Mytilene Arcadian 1900s Lesbos
Vestal Fire
| Author | : Compton Mackenzie |
| Publisher | : Faber & Faber |
| Total Pages | : 442 |
| Release | : 2009-05-21 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780571251629 |
For a short time before the First World War, Compton Mackenzie lived on Capri, 'island of pleasure' as it has been called. The stay was fruitful, resulting in two 'romans a clefs', Vestal Fire and Extraordinary Women, published in 1927 and 1928 respectively. These see Compton Mackenzie at his satirical best. Both are reissued in Faber Finds. The island of Capri, in the early twentieth-century, was a remarkably tolerant place providing a haven in particular for those with the sort of sexual appetites that were banned elsewhere. Homosexuals, both male and female, retreated to Capri and many were to find themselves appearing in fictional guise in Compton Mackenzie's two novels. Narrative drive is not what you will find here, instead there is delicious and wicked social comedy that exuberantly charts the endless feuds and machinations.
