Author : Clifford Musgrave
Release : 2011-04-04
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 891/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Life in Brighton by : Clifford Musgrave

Download or read book Life in Brighton written by Clifford Musgrave. This book was released on 2011-04-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brilliantly researched and written, this is the definitive history of the city of Brighton. Divided into five sections – Fishermen and Farmers, Princes and Palaces, Late Georgian, Victorian Marvels and Mysteries, Battle Scene and Transformation – it shows how Brighton grew from a small fishing village. For almost thirty 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. This new edition, published forty years after the original publication, includes a double introduction by the late Clifford Musgrave's son, Stephen Musgrave, and the editor of Victoria County History for Brighton and author of Georgian Brighton, Sue Berry. Two letters from Graham Greene to the author are also featured.