The Merry Millionaire: Entering Into the Spirit of the Jazz Age with Gay Abandon by Wells, J. a.

The Merry Millionaire: Entering Into the Spirit of the Jazz Age with Gay Abandon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781530826582)

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The Merry Millionaire: Entering Into the Spirit of the Jazz Age with Gay Abandon by Wells, J. a.

The Merry Millionaire: Entering Into the Spirit of the Jazz Age with Gay Abandon

$18.33
The Merry Millionaire: Entering Into the Spirit of the Jazz Age with Gay Abandon by Wells, J. a.

The Merry Millionaire: Entering Into the Spirit of the Jazz Age with Gay Abandon

$18.33
Format: Paperback
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The Thirties, a decade of decadence and depression, ending in war. This hardly has an effect on Ron and Mervyn, our intrepid pleasure seekers. Disregarding the rumblings of war in Europe, and dancing to a dying tune, they join the waning fast-set, cruising the Norwegian fjords on luxury ocean liners and sailing up the Nile on serene feluccas.Explore the bygone age of first class sea travel and luxury oriental hotels, summer on the glaciers, and the heat of Cairo's social season. All seen through the eyes of Ron and Mervyn, the gayest pair of lotus-eaters you will ever encounter.J.A.Wells has succeeded in painting a dense, yet frivolous view, of a time now lost to the journals of debutants and dowager duchesses. In the first of his duology, J.A.Wells uses his rich imagination, creating a colourful cast of living and breathing characters.We will wonder what may become of the pairing of Ron and Mervyn, poles apart in age and class, yet similar in inclination.

Author: J. a. Wells
ISBN-10: 1530826586
ISBN-13: 9781530826582
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/17/2017
Pages: 540
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d
By J. a. Wells
By J. a. Wells
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The idea of a Renaissance man may be regarded as old fashioned these days, and rather a cliché, but the phrase can be forgiven when applied to J.A.Wells. After a twenty-year career as a professional actor on the British stage, and then a further twenty years as an artist, J.A.Wells has added storyteller to his list of talents. In his two rollicking debut novels, The Merry Millionaire and its sequel, Pomp and Circumstance, J.A.Wells combines his gift for characterisation, and his sense of inspired visual imagery, as well as a delight in meticulous research, to bring to life long forgotten significant characters. 'Putting flesh on old bones' as he describes it. One thing can be said for J.A.Wells, he leaves no stone unturned, and is currently immersed in his next novel that delves into Australia's exciting and colourful past.

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