He published Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, George Bernard Shaw and Graham Greene.
[1] During a bridge game, he met A. S. Frere, who inspired him to change his import and export business into a publishing house.
[1] Max Reinhardt's first author was George Bernard Shaw, who reissued his romantic correspondence with the actress Ellen Terry.
They also published Alistair Cooke, Maurice Sendak, William Trevor and Eric Ambler.
[1] Bodley Head was purchased by Random House, and both Reinhardt and Greene resigned.