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Compton Mackenzie

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born

January 17, 1883 in West Hartlepool, The United Kingdom

died

November 30, 1972

gender

male

website

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/compton-mac...

genre

Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs

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Compton Mackenzie was born into a theatrical family. His father, Edward Compton, was an actor and theatre company manager; his sister, Fay Compton, starred in many of James M. Barrie's plays, including Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. He was educated at St Paul's School and Magdalen College, Oxford where he obtained a degree in Modern History.

Mackenzie was married three times and aside from his writing also worked as an actor, political activist, and broadcaster. He served with British Intelligence in the Eastern Mediterranean during World War I, later publishing four books on his experiences. Compton Mackenzie was from 1920–1923 Tenant of Herm and Jethou and he shares many similarities to the central character in D. H. Lawrence'...more

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Books by Compton Mackenzie

Average rating: 3.67 · 355 ratings · 48 reviews · 62 distinct works

	Whisky Galore 3.63 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1947 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Monarch Of The Glen 3.58 avg rating — 69 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	Sinister Street 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1917 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Hunting the fairies 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1959	My rating:
	The Highland Omnibus 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Extraordinary Women: Theme and Variations 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1928	My rating:
	Tight Little Island 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:
	Buttercups and daisies 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Vestal fire. 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1927 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Rockets Galore 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1957 — 2 editions	My rating: