Grant Hayter-Menzies's Reviews
Reviews of Grant’s Work
Jun.01.2011
Published by BC Bookworld
In life, one of Sarah’s goals was to understand China and its people, and she succeeds. In "The
Empress and Mrs. Conger", Hayter-Menzies succeeds at understanding Sarah.
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May.05.2011
Published by China Daily
Few women have had as long and uninterrupted sway over Chinese politics and society as Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908). Her story is more fraught and high-octane than the finest...
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Apr.01.2011
Published by Asian Review of Books
Mrs Conger was undoubtedly privileged in her access, and was, by virtue of this access, able to offer one of the very few first hand accounts of the Empress and her court. This...
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Feb.08.2009
Published by LA/OC Examiner
Grant Hayter-Menzies searches for “the real woman behind the caricature” in 'Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke', producing a book that is as readable as...
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Jul.09.2007
Published by Palm Beach Post
Mrs. Ziegfeld (McFarland) is Grant Hayter-Menzies’ biography of one of the most distinctive actresses of her — or any — generation.... Hayter-Menzies’ book is quite well-...
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May.15.2009
Published by Library Journal
Coming on the heels of "Ziegfeld: The Man Who Invented Show Business", this enjoyable biography of the woman who stood by her man through prosperity, infidelity, and financial...
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Jul.18.2007
Published by The Metro
Charlotte Greenwood burnished her little corner of the movie Oklahoma! as Aunt Eller, perhaps the most authentically Oklahoman character in the movie; Schulyer Crail's soulful...
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Apr.09.2009
Published by The Globe & Mail
Hayter-Menzies blends this material nicely, writing with both authority and a light touch, giving an up-close-and-personal portrait not just of Burke, but also her family and...
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May.04.2008
Published by Asian Review of Books
Imperial Masquerade provides a fascinating and often entertaining peek inside the court of the Empress Dowager and her ill-fated emperor nephew, and gracefully recounts an odd and...
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About Grant
Grant Hayter-Menzies is the author of "Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling", "The Empress and Mrs. Conger: The Uncommon Friendship of Two Women and Two Worlds", both published by Hong Kong University Press, and the first biographies of stage...
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Grant’s Favorite Books
A few books and authors I can read over and over again: "The Mill on The Floss"; "Black Lamb & Grey Falcon"; "A Dream of Red Mansions"; "A Distant Mirror...
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