Lost Empires (novel)

Lost Empires is a 1965 novel by the British writer J. B. Priestley. A young man comes of age in the provincial music hall just before the outbreak of the First World War. It was set in a similar milieu to Priestley's earlier work The Good Companions.

Lost Empires
AuthorJ. B. Priestley
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
Publication date
1965
Media typePrint

In 1986 it was adapted into a television series of the same name starring Colin Firth, John Castle, Laurence Olivier.[1] A BBC radio dramatisation by Bert Coules starring Tom Baker as Nick Ollanton was first broadcast in 1994, most recently repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra in May 2020.[2]

References

  1. Gale p.40
  2. "JB Priestley - Lost Empires, 1. Overtures and Beginners". BBC. 1994-09-18. Retrieved 2020-05-21.

Bibliography

  • John Baxendale. Priestley’s England: J. B. Priestley and English culture. Manchester University Press, 2013.
  • Maggie B. Gale. J.B. Priestley. Routledge, 2008.
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