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The World of William Boyd
The Romantic – Press reviews
Boyd is as magically readable as ever, and, as always with his whole life novels, there is an invigorating air of spontaneity ― Telegraph
The Romantic is certainly a crowd-pleaser, an old-fashioned bildungsroman that kicks off in the early 1800s and follows the hero, Cashel Greville Ross, through a long and peripatectic life . . . Boyd knows how to time the hights and lows, how to blend triumphs and tragedies, personal and historical . . . genuinely poignant and wise ― Sunday Times
Picaresque . . . these is a cornucopia of fine things here . . . The Romantic, always enjoyable, ranks with two of his best: The New Confessions and Any Human Heart. Both were intelligent and engrossing, novels you lived with. Both told a fine story very well. The Romantic does just that ― Scotsman
If it’s true escapism you’re after, William Boyd can always be relied upon to transport the reader from reality and his next offering, The Romantic, another epic that follows Cashel Greville Ross from 19th-century Country C He was educated at Gordonstoun School and attended the universities of Nice (Diploma of French Studies) and Glasgow (M.A.Hons in English and Philosophy) and Jesus College, Oxford, where he studied for a D.Phil in English Literature. He was also a lecturer in English Literature at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, from 1980-83. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, and an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He has been presented with honorary Doctorates in Literature from the universities of St. Andrews, Stirling, Glasgow and Dundee. In 2005 he was awarded the CBE. His many screenwriting credits include Stars and Bars (1987, dir. Pat O’Connor), Mr Johnson (1990, dir. Bruce Beresford), Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (1990, dir. Jon Amiel), Chaplin (1992, dir. Richard Attenborough) A Good Man in Africa (1993, dir. Bruce Beresford), The Trench (1999, which Boyd also directed) and Man to Man (2005, dir. Régis Wargnier). He adapted Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop for television (1988) and also Waugh’s Swo American actor (1895–1972) For others with the same name, see William Boyd (disambiguation). William Boyd Boyd c. 1925 Hendrysburg, Ohio, U.S. Laguna Beach, California, U.S. Laura Maynard Ruth Miller Elinor Fair Dorothy Sebastian Grace Bradley William Lawrence Boyd (June 5, 1895 – September 12, 1972) was an American film actor
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William Boyd (actor)
Born (1895-06-05)June 5, 1895 Died September 12, 1972(1972-09-12) (aged 77) Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery Other names Hoppy, Hopalong Cassidy Occupation(s) Actor, movie producer, director Years active 1918–1954 Height 6 ft (183 cm) Spouses Children 1
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