Item: John Betjeman, The Biography.
Publisher: John Murray. Author: Bevis Hillier.
Date of Publication: 2006.
Description: A very good, book throughout - see details:-
Internally: Very good, clean condition with 590 pages including illustrations and index. Strong, intact binding. No other markings etc. Clean throughout. Externally: Strong, illustrated card covers with clear titling to the front and spine (see scans).
John Betjeman was the best-loved English poet since Tennyson and became
an institution - a 'teddy bear of the nation'. This biography takes the
reader from Bentjeman's troubled childhood in North London, through his
blossoming at Oxford; a gay fling with W H Auden; a clandestine marriage
to a field marshal's daughter; pranks as a film critic; wartime service
and probable espionage in Ireland, to the glory days of his later years
when his collected poems became a runaway bestseller.
A very good biographical account which should interest readers, enthusiasts, collectors/dealers etc.
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