{"product_id":"scenes-and-apparitions-isbn-9781474603904","title":"Scenes and Apparitions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Viper wit from the gardener, writer and Knight of exquisite taste' \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny, barbed and moving ... magnificently readable' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScenes and Apparitions\u003c\/i\u003e covers a period of Roy Strong's life from 1988 to 2003. A sequel to \u003ci\u003eSplendours and Miseries\u003c\/i\u003e, it is an unmissable record of how a citizen at the close of the second Elizabethan age observed and chronicled his own world at the turn of the century. Although it is not without tragedy - the murder of his friend Gianni Versace, and the death of his beloved wife Julia Trevelyan Oman - there is plenty to enjoy from his descriptions of Elton John's fiftieth birthday party, to a concert for the Queen Mother, and his portraits of marriage, friendship, work and his celebrated garden, The Laskett.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44895040995557,"sku":"NP9781474603904","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/3896b1aa-7e92-46c7-a542-ab030003358b.jpg?v=1767873910","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/scenes-and-apparitions-isbn-9781474603904","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}