Life in Brighton: From the earliest times to the present - Hardcover

Musgrave, Clifford

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571092853 ISBN 13: 9780571092857

Publisher: Faber, 1970

Synopsis

Brilliantly researched and written, this is the definitive history of the city. Divided into five sections, Fishermen and Farmers, Princes and Palaces, Late Georgian, Victorian Marvels and Mysteries, and Battle Scene and Transformation, it shows how Brighton grew from a small fishing village. For almost 30 years Clifford Musgrave was the director of the Royal Pavilion, The Brighton Library, Art Gallery, and Museum. In 1962 Faber and Faber commissioned him to write a comprehensive history of the town. It was published in 1970 to much acclaim.

About this title

About the Author:

For more than 30 years Clifford Musgrave was the director of the Royal Pavilion (as well as the cities libraries, museums, and art galleries). He rescued the Pavilion from dereliction. Still a well known name in the town there is a bus named after him.

Review:

"Does full justice to Brighton's quality and complexity, with a breadth of interest and erudition thoroughly worthy of its subject."  —Times

"It has opened so many new points of interest for me in a city I thought I knew well."  —Graham Greene

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0571092853
• ISBN 13: 9780571092857
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 503