Christina Foyle

Foyle started working at her father's bookshop at age 17, and never left: Foyle's, on Charing Cross Road in London's West End, grew to 30 miles of shelves of books under her management. The store, started in 1904 by her father, was not known for modern efficiency: Miss Foyle, as she liked to be called, refused to allow books to be ordered over the telephone, and made clerks fill in all sales slips by hand -- cash registers were not allowed until recently. But she was known for her Literary Luncheons, where authors and customers could mix. The literary luminaries included Kingsley Amis, Charles de Gaulle, D.H. Lawrence, Yehudi Menuhin, J.B. Priestley, George Bernard Shaw, Margaret Thatcher, Evelyn Waugh and H.G. Wells. Foyle died June 8 at her home in Essex at 88. From This is True for 6 June 1999 Suggestions for further reading: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Larsson, Stieg Amazon Price: Customer Review: I picked this fine piece of literature up on a whim after noticing that my local library had over six hundred hold requests for it. Though my initial interest was sparked by little more than wanting to know what all the fuss was about, I can safely ...   The Heir by Robertson, Paul Amazon Price: Customer Review: I was going to entitle this review "WHY AM I HERE?" but another very good and honest reviewer has already used that title. Kathleen has said all that I planned to say about this awful book. (Kudos to Kathleen!) Someone else has quipped...   The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Larsson, Stieg Amazon Price: Customer Review: I am glad that I got the audio-tape to "read" this book. If you are an expert in techno-lingo and fluent in the Swedish language then this is for you. Mid-way through the story,another plot develops. Politicians, secret police...(each characto...   The Malacca Conspiracy by Brown, Don Amazon Price: Customer Review: This was an outstanding book. Mr. Brown has created likable characters. The plot was very believable and somewhat scary. Indonesian general and his army of terrorists blew up oil tankers and have access to nuclear weapons which they unleash on the ...   The Girl Who Played with Fire by Larsson, Stieg Amazon Price: Customer Review: After recently reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," I was so intrigued by its storyline and characters that I immediately picked up the next book in the trilogy. Overall, I liked it very much and it certainly kept me turning pages for hours on ...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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