Betjeman's Cornwall by John Betjeman
John Betjeman first fell in love with Cornwall during his childhood holidays and returned to it yearly until his death. As this collection shows, it has inspired some of his best poems and most evocative prose.
Betjeman's Cornwall
Summary
John Betjeman's poems and prose about Cornwall with drawings by John Piper and photographs by Edwin Smith, John Gay and others.
Betjeman's Cornwall Summary
About John Betjeman
John Betjeman was born in London on 28 August 1906. He was educated at Marlborough and Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1931 his first book of poems, 'Mount Zion', was published by an old Oxford friend, Edward James. His second book was 'Ghastly Good Taste', a commentary on architecture, published in 1934. He was knighted in 1969 and was appointed Poet Laureate in 1972. John Betjeman died on 19 May 1984 at his home in Trebetherick, Cornwall and was buried at the nearby church of St Enodoc.
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GOR001383766
9780719541063
0719541069
Betjeman's Cornwall by John Betjeman
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Murray Press
19880601
95
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