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Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin
Category: Military
Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry. 'An important historical record and a well-paced story in its own right, Great-Uncle Harry is also much more than that- a tremendous act of love.' Guardian ______________________________ ...Show more
Halfway to Hollywood: Diaries 1980 to 1988 by Michael Palin
Category: Non-Fiction
After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE. Writing and acting in films and television then took over much of Michael's life, culminating in the smash hit A FISH CALLED WANDA (for which ...Show more
Halfway to Hollywood: Diaries 1980 to 1988 by Michael Palin
Category: Biography
The second volume of Michael Palin's diaries covers the 1980s, a decade in which the ties that bound the Pythons loosened as they forged their separate careers. After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, they made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful Monty Python's Meani ...Show more
Halfway to Hollywood: Diaries 1980 to 1988 by Michael Palin
Category: Accessories
After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE. Writing and acting in films and television then took over much of Michael's life, culminating in the smash hit A FISH CALLED WANDA (for which ...Show more
Himalaya by Michael Palin
Category: Travel
See other edition. <b>Michael Palin travels through all countries and civilisations bordering the Himalayan mountains, by boat, bus, train, camel, yak and foot.</b><br><br>Having risen to the challenge of seas, poles, dhows and deserts, the highest ...Show more
Into Iraq by Michael Palin
Category: Travel
A fascinating and rare insight into the history and culture of Iraq, by Britain's best-loved travel writer. In March 2022, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin journeyed along the River Tigris and into Iraq to gain a glimpse of life in an area of the world that can claim ...Show more
Michael Palin - Diaries 1969-1979 - The Python Years by Michael Palin
Category: Non-Fiction
This volume covers Palin's years as one of the stars of Monty Python, the anarchic series which broke the mould of television comedy. Here he records how Python emerged, developed and, at times, seemed to take over his life.Michael Palin has kept a diary since newly married in the late 1960s, when he wa ...Show more
Monty Python at Work by Michael Palin
Category: Non-Fiction
The behind-the-scenes story of the world's most famous alternative comedy group. Condensed from two volumes of Michael Palin's "Diaries," with a new prologue and epilogue by Palin, this is the as-it-happened story of how Monty Python's famous TV and stage shows, films, books, and albums were conceived, ...Show more
New Europe by Michael Palin
Category: Travel
Until the early 1990s, when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, travelling behind the iron curtain was never easy. In undertaking his new journey through Eastern Europe, breathing in its rich history, and exquisite sights and talking to its diverse peoples, Michael fills what has been a void in his own ...Show more
North Korea Journal by Michael Palin
Category: Travel | Series: travel writing bio
A glimpse of life inside the world's most secretive country, as told by Britain's best-loved travel writer. In May 2018, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin spent two weeks in the notoriously secretive Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a cut-off land without interne ...Show more