Rag Time and Tango

by Philip Guedalla

This is Phillip Guedalla s 1938 book, "Rag Time and Tango." Philip Guedalla (1889 - 1944) was a British barrister who also wrote popular historical and travel books. He is best remembered for his witty epigrams, including "Even Reviewers Read a Preface," and History Repeats Itself. Historians Repeat Each Other." Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author."

312 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1938

About the author

Philip Guedalla was an English barrister, and a popular historical and travel writer and biographer. He was educated at Rugby and at Balliol College in Oxford, where he was the President of the Union. In 1913, he qualified as a barrister and practised for ten years, retiring to stand for Parliament five times as a Liberal candidate (he was never elected, however), and to write a series of travel books and historical biographies, often reflecting his interest in the Empires of both Napoleons. His final book, written at the height of the Second World War, was Mr. Churchill, A Portrait.

His wit and epigrams are well-known. He also was the originator of a now-common theory on Henry James, writing that "The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender".