Dirk Bogarde

• May-1980
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Originally published in 1980, this is Dirk Bogarde's first novel.

In the uneasy aftermath of WWII, a group of ordinary British soldiers and their families find themselves stationed as peacekeepers at an outpost in the Java Sea. Whilst ...

• Sep-1981
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First published 1981, this is Dirk Bogarde's second novel.

The fabulous but wavering old Lady "Cuckoo" Peverill, lives with her husband, Napoleon-mad military historian, Archie. Dissatisfied and overcome by sheer boredom, she v...

• Oct-1984
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First published in 1984, this is Dirk Bogarde's third novel.


Set in the shadow of Hollywood opulence â€" the gaudy wastes of Los Angeles â€" West of Sunset is a sharp and potent satire of movie-making America. However, the excess...

• Oct-1994
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First published in 1994, this is Dirk Bogarde's fifth novel.


Following on from his previous novel, Jericho, evoking the manifold themes and compelling rural French atmosphere of its predecessor, A Period of Adjustment tells the s...

• Apr-1997
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First published in 1997, this is Dirk Bogarde's sixth and final novel.

The Grayles have lived at Hartleap since Canute. They know this and are proud of the fact. Now they stand around the deathbed of their longest-serving nanny who is ...

• Nov-2011
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First published in 1991, this is Dirk Bogarde's fourth novel.

With his divorce proceedings looming, writer William Caldicott is in desperate need of some respite. As fate would have it, he receives a cryptic letter of farewell from his...

• Aug-2012
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'Desperately moving' - The Daily Telegraph

First published in 1986, Backcloth is volume four of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirs

Filling the gaps left between his previous memoirs, as wel...

• Aug-2012
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'A charming and entertaining read by a born storyteller' - Sunday Express
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First published in 1997, Cleared for Take-Off is the final volume of Dirk Bogarde's acclaimed series of bes...

• Aug-2012
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'He has brought back a land of lost content, and its lamps still shine' - TLS
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First published in 1992, Great Meadow is volume five of Bogarde's best-selling memoirs.

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• Aug-2012
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'Absorbing... his gift for dialogue is exceptional' - The Observer
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First published in 1983, An Orderly Man is volume three of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirs.

Aft...

• Aug-2012
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'An absorbing volume' - The Spectator
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First published in 1989, A Particular Friendship is a collection of letters following Dirk Bogarde's first four memoirs.

'Lond...

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'Such a companionable writer you just don't want to let him go' - The Times
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First published in 1998, For the Time Being brings together Dirk Bogarde's published work outside o...