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Author Jacobs, Norman, 1947-

Title Behind the colonnade : thirty-seven years at the British Museum / Norman Jacobs
Published Stroud, Gloucestershire [England] : History Press, 2010

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 MELB  069.0941 Jac/Btc  AVAILABLE
Description 216 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plan ; 20 cm
Contents 1. First Impressions -- 2. Life Beyond the Director's Office -- 3. Life-Changing Events -- 4. Not Where I Wanted to Work -- 5. Back Home -- 6. Birth of the British Library & BM Publications Ltd -- 7. Real Museum Work -- 8. ̀Hypocrisy at the Top' -- 9. Journey of a Lifetime -- 10. Invisible Green Railings -- 11. Financial Difficulties & Redundancies -- 12. Àn Awe-Inspiring Triumph': The Great Court
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Subject Jacobs, Norman, 1947-
British Museum -- History.
British Museum -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
ISBN 0752452797 (paperback)
9780752452791 (paperback)