The Position of Peggy Harper
The Position of Peggy Harper

Author: Leonard Merrick

Publisher:

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

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Satire on London's theatrical world of the early 1900's, in which success goes to a third-rate actress and a talented playwright is despised.

The Position of Peggy Harper
The Position of Peggy Harper

Author: Leonard Merrick

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781843913856

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Set in British theater-land in the very early 20th century, a tale of one man's quest as an actor for a secure wage and fame Christopher Tatham lurches from bit part to bit part, always hoping for the longed-for leading-man role, relying on the kindness of relations to keep him housed and clothed. A chance encounter with the enchanting Peggy Harper seems to preempt a change of fortune. Will they both attain the success they crave? Toasting engagements without ginger-beer, living hand-to-mouth, Merrick's seedy world makes for grim reading and when Peggy turns out to be as fame-hungry, vain, and vacant as she first appears, Christopher's lot looks unlikely to improve. In an age in which fame and celebrity are widely courted and craved, this book still makes for an intriguing and, potentially, cautionary tale.

The Intrusions of Peggy
The Intrusions of Peggy

Author: Anthony Hope

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-05-19

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13:

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Anthony Hope, an English novelist, in the book "The Intrusions of Peggy," is a story that surrounds a lady, Trix Travella. The book features the appealing Peggy being the catalyst of this incredible story of redemption.

Mistress of Modernism
Mistress of Modernism

Author: Mary V. Dearborn

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780618128068

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Dearborn's unprecedented access to Guggenheim's family, friends, and papers contributes rich insight to her traumatic childhood in New York, her self-education in the ways of art and artists, her battles with other art-collecting Guggenheims, and her legendary sexual appetites.

King Peggy
King Peggy

Author: Peggielene Bartels

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2013-02-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0307742814

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The charming real-life fairy tale of an American secretary who discovers she has been chosen king of an impoverished fishing village on the west coast of Africa. King Peggy chronicles the astonishing journey of American secretary, Peggielene Bartels, who suddenly finds herself king to a town of 7,000 people on Ghana's central coast, half a world away. Upon arriving for her crowning ceremony in beautiful Otuam, she discovers the dire reality: there's no running water, no doctor, no high school, and many of the village elders are stealing the town's funds. To make matters worse, her uncle (the late king) sits in a morgue awaiting a proper funeral in the royal palace, which is in ruins. Peggy's first two years as king of Otuam unfold in a way that is stranger than fiction. In the end, a deeply traditional African town is uplifted by the ambitions of its decidedly modern female king, and Peggy is herself transformed, from an ordinary secretary to the heart and hope of her community.