# The Book Of Life

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- Authors: [Eve Claxton](https://www.bookquiver.com/eve-claxton)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2008-02-07

## Description

From childhood through to adulthood - if not necessarily maturity - The Book of Life offers the literary journal of a lifetime, in the company of the most fascinating and talented figures in history. From Alan Bennett's wartime childhood in Yorkshire to Mahatma Gandhi's experiment with cigarettes; Katherine Hepburn on her first acting job aged 21 and Primo Levi on being captured by Fascist militia at the same age; Darwin on his lifelong love - his work - and Nelson Mandela on his release from prison aged 71 ... life and living in all its manifold glories is represented. With insights that encompass generations and continents, this is a uniquely enjoyable immersion in some of the world's best, and most personal, writing.

## Editions

### The Book Of Life

- Publisher: ebury_press
- ISBN: 978-00-9190-846-1
- Pages: 496
- Published: 2008-02-07
- Language: en_GB