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Mr. Selfridge: The Showman Of Shopping (2013)

by Lindy Woodhead(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Random House

review 1: Got this from the library because it's the book on which the television series was based. Reading the book I found out the show plays fast and loose with the truth, and Mr. Selfridge played fast and loose with show girls at various times in his life, but mostly in his declining years when neither his wife nor his mother were around as moderating influences. The book itself is organized more like a scrapbook outlining significant events and achievements, rather than a biography that makes a story of a life. For more of a story (though less of the "truth") I highly recommend the television series. The book is a good illustration of the history of a certain era in retail dominated by larger-than-life personalities such as Harry Gordon Selfridge.
review 2: I watche... mored the series not to long ago and of course wanted to find out more about this man. He was a true pioneer in the area of shopping. So many of the sales techniques that are used today were his idea. He was not however the most stalwart of husbands and he had many mistresses. Although names are changed many of the things in the tv series are based on true events and/or people. Interesting read esp if you enjoy bios and the 1920's. less

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