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Bring on the Empty Horses : Hodder Great Reads Ser. - David Niven

Bring on the Empty Horses

By: David Niven

Paperback | 5 June 2006 | Edition Number 1

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Here is Niven at his best. He and Errol Flynn were filming The Charge of the Light Brigade for a director, Michael Curtiz, 'whose Hungarian-orientated English was a joy to us all'. High on the rostrum he decided the moment had come to order the arrival on the scene of a hundred riderless chargers. "Okay," he yelled into a megaphone, "Bring on the empty horses!" '

BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES is the second part of David Niven's internationally bestselling autobiography, following the superbly entertaining THE MOON'S A BALLOON. Both books were highly acclaimed by the critics and remain as wonderful reminders of a much-loved actor who epitomised, for many, the essential British gent, even when surrounded by the stars of Hollywood.

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Were David Niven not a famous actor, he would be thought a brilliant writer. And after this book he will surely be thought a brilliant writer - J.K. Galbraith

Hilariously readable - Sunday Telegraph

So bring on the empty horses and fill their saddles with shades of Cooper, Gable, Fairbanks and Flynn. This time David Niven is riding a winner - Irish Times

The best book buy available at the moment - West Lancashire Evening Gazette

Some very funny stories indeed, well told - The Scotsman

He is nothing if not an individualist: a raconteur of style and sophistication and a writer with imagination and a sense of pace . . . It adds to his stature - Coventry Evening Telegraph

David Niven has done it again! - Boston Globe

BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES is a delight from start to finish. With shrewdness and warmth . . . Niven brings us to Hollywood in its golden prime, from the early '30s to the age of TV. Above all, he brings us them - the outstanding stars, producers, directors, writers, tycoons and oddballs, many of whom were his friends . . . An inspired mix of descriptions, impressions, and anecdotes. - Publishers Weekly

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