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Bring on the Empty Horses

On sale

5th June 2006

Price: £12.99

Selected:  Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780340839959

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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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J.K. Galbraith
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
<i>Sunday Telegraph</i>
Hilariously readable
<i>Irish Times</i>
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
<i>West Lancashire Evening Gazette</i>
The best book buy available at the moment
<i>The Scotsman</i>
Some very funny stories indeed, well told
<i>Coventry Evening Telegraph</i>
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
<i>Boston Globe</i>
David Niven has done it again!
<i>Publishers Weekly</i>
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.
<i>New York Times Book Review</i>
Might easily be the best book ever written about Hollywood.
<i>Publishers Weekly</i>
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.
<i>New York Times Book Review</i>
Might easily be the best book ever written about Hollywood.
<i>Sunday Telegraph</i>
Hilariously readable
<i>Belfast Telegraph</i>
A big name-dropping bitch of a book written with a wit as sharp as a dagger - and more than one famous personality gets it right between the shoulder blades ... Niven continues to weave the spell he cast on us with his autobiography
<i>Sunday Express</i>
His charm and twinkling sense of humour are rarely completely suppressed
<i>Irish Times</i>
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
<i>Evening Post</i>, Port Elizabeth
BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES surpasses his first book. It is fun personified, hilarious in parts, highly entertaining and provides excellent reading
<i>Christchurch Star</i>, New Zealand
BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES has star quality
<i>Woman</i>
A really glamorous autobiography
<i>Birmingham Post</i>
David Niven gives a marvellously readable account of his contacts with Hollywood
<i>The Observer</i>
Niven still tells a good tale
<i>Press and Journal</i>
One of the most illuminating books yet to come out about Hollywood
<i>Coventry Evening Telegraph</i>
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