Gyles Brandreth





Gyles Brandreth

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March 08, 1948 in Germany

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Full name: Gyles Daubeney Brandreth.
A former Oxford Scholar, President of the Oxford Union and MP for the City of Chester, Gyles Brandreth’s career has ranged from being a Whip and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in John Major’s government to starring in his own award-winning musical revue in London’s West End. A prolific broadcaster (in programmes ranging from Just a Minute to Have I Got News for You), an acclaimed interviewer (principally for the Sunday Telegraph), a novelist, children’s author and biographer, his best-selling diary, Breaking the Code, was described as ‘By far the best political diary of recent years, far more perceptive and revealing than Alan Clark’s’ (The Times) and ‘Searingly honest, wildly indiscreet, and incredibl...more


Average rating: 3.61 · 2,022 ratings · 408 reviews · 160 distinct works
Oscar Wilde and a Death of ...
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 809 ratings — published 2007 — 18 editions
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Oscar Wilde and the Ring of...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 2008 — 16 editions
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Oscar Wilde And The Dead Ma...
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2009 — 15 editions
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Oscar Wilde and the Vampire...
3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions
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The Joy Of Lex: An Amazing ...
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1980 — 4 editions
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Oscar Wilde and the Vatican...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions
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Philip and Elizabeth: Portr...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions
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Breaking the Code: Westmins...
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions
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The Great Book of Optical I...
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More Joy of Lex
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions
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“I am the prince of procrastination. It is my besetting sin. I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after”
Gyles Brandreth, Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance: A Mystery

“Praise makes me humble, but when I am abused, I know that I have touched the stars.”
Gyles Brandreth, Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder: A Mystery

“There is no friendship possible between men and women[...]. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.”
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