After World War I a brilliant and influential generation of young men deliberately overturned the values of their fathers and shaped the dominant cultural styles of the English-speaking world. In this book, the author traces the fate of these people, through the lives of Harold Acton and Brian Howard and some 40 of their friends - Waugh, Auden, Isherwood, Spender, Connolly, Philby, Burgess, Maclean, Beaton and Betjeman among them.
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After World War I a brilliant and influential generation of young men deliberately overturned the values of their fathers and shaped the dominant cultural styles of the English-speaking world. In this book, the author traces the fate of these people, through the lives of Harold Acton and Brian Howard and some 40 of their friends - Waugh, Auden, Isherwood, Spender, Connolly, Philby, Burgess, Maclean, Beaton and Betjeman among them.
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Very Good. Near Fine Atlas Folio-over 23"-25" tall. pp.469 with index and bibliography. clean tight unread copy bottom spine small tear else minscule edgewear.
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Near Fine. Book Glossy, pictorial soft-cover, 470p w Appendices and Index. "Children of the Sun illuminates a large area of modern cultural history. Martin Green is a critic with a positive genius for choosing a subject." The New York Times Book Review.