Jim Broadbent
Logan Mountstuart
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- 1. S1 E1 Nov 21, 2010
- After suffering a heart attack, an old man begins looking through diaries.
- 2. S1 E2 Nov 28, 2010
- Ian Fleming recruits Logan as a British agent where he travels to Portugal.
- 3. S1 E3 Dec 5, 2010
- Logan has found success in the art world of New York, but can't deal with the death of his mother.
Any Human Heart is a novel by William Boyd about the life of a fictional writer, Logan Mountstuart, from 1906 to 1991. The novel is written as a series of journals that reflect on Mountstuart's personal and professional experiences, as well as the historical events of the 20th century.
- William Boyd
- 2002
A novelist's life ricochets from 1920s Paris to '50s New York and '80s London. Along the way he meets Ernest Hemingway, Ian Fleming and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor - the exiled British king and his mistress Wallis Simpson. Stars. Jim Broadbent. Matthew Macfadyen.
- (2.4K)
- 2010-11-21
- Drama, Romance
- 69
Jan 25, 2002 · A fictional autobiography of Logan Mountstuart, a writer who witnesses and participates in the major events of the 20th century. The novel explores themes of identity, love, and history through the lens of one human heart.
- (23.6K)
- Paperback
Any Human Heart. Classic and contemporary literature is embodied in the British drama series "Masterpiece." More.
Jan 6, 2004 · William Boyd’s masterful new novel tells, in a series of intimate journals, the story of Logan Mountstuart—writer, lover, art dealer, spy—as he makes his often precarious way through the twentieth century. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
- William Boyd
- $16.75
- Vintage
Dec 5, 2023 · Any Human Heart is peppered with socio-political events and key periods from human history, such as the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the cultural revolution in the 1950s and 60s. How does William Boyd leverage the arc of history to tell Logan’s story?
Jan 17, 2019 · “Any Human Heart” is an intimate entree into the consciousness of one man, set against the defining events of the 20th century. William Boyd wrote the screenplay for the six-hour television series, after his 2002 novel “Any Human Heart: The Intimate Journals of Logan Mountstuart.”
