Christopher Simon Sykes

Christopher Simon Sykes (born 23 July 1948) ^[1] is an English writer and photographer. He was born into the northern English landed gentry Sykes family of Sledmere, the third son of Sir (Mark Tatton) Richard Tatton-Sykes, 7th Baronet of Sledmere. ^{[2] [3]} He is the grandson of Mark Sykes, who helped draw up the Sykes-Picot Agreement. In addition to his authoring fourteen books, his work has appeared in many magazines. He has also written and presented Upper Crust, a six-part television series on country-house cookery for BBC Two. ^[4] He is married, and has two children by his first wife. ^[2]

Publications

• The Visitors' Book: A Family Album. New York: Putnam. 1978. ISBN   978-0-399-12212-5.
• Black Sheep. Viking Press. 1982. ^[5]
• Ancient English Houses: 1240-1612. London: Chatto and Windus. 1988. ISBN   978-0-7011-3176-0.
• The National Trust Country House Album. National Trust. 1989. ISBN   978-1-851-45201-9.
• Private Palaces: Life in the Great London Houses. Chatto & Windus. 1985. ISBN   978-0-701-13001-5.
• Great Houses of England and Wales. Laurence King. 1994. ISBN   978-1-856-69053-9. (with Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd)
• Great Houses of Scotland. Laurence King. 1997. ISBN   978-1-856-69106-2. (with Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd)
• Great Houses of Ireland. Laurence King. 1999. ISBN   978-1-856-69172-7. (with Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd)
• English Manor Houses. Laurence King. 2001. ISBN   978-1-856-69222-9. (with Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd)
• The Big House: The Story of a Country House and its Family. HarperCollins. 2004. ISBN   978-0-007-10710-0.
• David Hockney: The Biography, 1937-1975. New York: Nan A. Talese . 2012. ISBN   978-0-385-53144-3. ^{[6] [7]}
• David Hockney: The Biography, 1975 - 2012. New York: Doubleday. 2014. ISBN   978-0-385-53590-8. ^{[8] [9] [10]}
• The Man Who Created the Middle East: A Story of Empire, Conflict and the Sykes-Picot Agreement. HarperCollins. 2018. ISBN   978-0-008-12192-1. ^[11]

References

1. Sykes, Christopher Simon. The big house : the story of a country house and its family. OCLC   156713223.
2. Belfield, Gervase (ed.), et al, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019, Debrett's, London, p1743.
3. Waugh, Alexander (November 2004). "The Adventures of Lady Satin Tights". Literary Review. No. 316. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
4. "Christopher Simon Sykes". HarperCollins . Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
5. "Black Sheep". Kirkus Reviews . 1 January 1982. Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
6. Morrison, Blake (24 November 2011). "Hockney: The Biography by Christopher Simon Sykes – review". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
7. "David Hockney: The Biography (1937-1975)". Kirkus Reviews . 5 February 2012. Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
8. "David Hockney: The Biography, 1975-2012 by Christopher Simon Sykes". Publishers Weekly . 10 November 2014. Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
9. "David Hockney: The Biography, 1975 - 2012". Kirkus Reviews . 27 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
10. Conrad, Peter (28 September 2014). "Hockney: the Biography Volume 2 review – portrait of the artist as the eternal adolescent". The Observer . ISSN   0029-7712. Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
11. Morrison, Blake (24 November 2011). "Hockney: The Biography by Christopher Simon Sykes – review". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.