The life of Siegfried Sassoon has been recorded and interpreted in literature and film for over half a century. He is one of the great figures of the First World War, and Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man and Memoirs of an Infantry Officer are still widely read, as are his poems, which did much to shape our present ideas about the Great War. Sassoon was a genuine hero, a brave young officer who also became the war's most famous opponent, risking imprisonment and even a death sentence by throwing his Military Cross into the ...
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The life of Siegfried Sassoon has been recorded and interpreted in literature and film for over half a century. He is one of the great figures of the First World War, and Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man and Memoirs of an Infantry Officer are still widely read, as are his poems, which did much to shape our present ideas about the Great War. Sassoon was a genuine hero, a brave young officer who also became the war's most famous opponent, risking imprisonment and even a death sentence by throwing his Military Cross into the Mersey. He was friend to Robert Graves, mentor to Wilfred Owen and much admired by Churchill. But Sassoon was more than the embodiment of a romantic ideal; he was in many senses the perfect product of a vanished age. And many questions about his character, unique experience and motivations have remained unanswered until now. Siegfried Sassoon's life has been recorded and interpreted in literature and film for over half a century. But this poet, First World War hero, friend to Robert Graves and mentor to Wilfred Owen, was more than the embodiment of a romantic ideal. Passionately involved with the aristocratic aesthete Stephen Tennant, married abruptly to the beautiful Hester Gatty, estranged, isolated, and a late Catholic convert, his private story has never before been told in such depth. Egremont discovers a man born in a vanished age, unhappy with his homosexuality and the modernist revolution that appeared to threaten the survival of his work, and engaged in an enduring personal battle between idealism and the world in which he moved. Shortlisted for the 2005 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Autobiography
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Good in Very Good jacket. London: Picador, 2005. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Fourth printing of first edition. Heavy foxing to block edge, occasionally intruding onto pages. Otherwise all in VG order throughout. Plum paper-covered boards with bright gilt tilting to spine. VG unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. xv, 639pp.
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Fine. Fourth printing with dust jacket + light browning to page ends + owners name-Rare and Collectable-will send out 1st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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New. 2013. Main Market Ed. Paperback. The authorized biography of a literary legend, written with unique access to all of Sassoon's previously unseen papers Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 43. Weight in Grams: 506......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. 614 p. Audience: General/trade. Fourth printing UK hardback, 2005 Picador. The book is in fine condition with slight tanning to the page edges, the dustjacket is in very good condition. Illustrated.