Siegfried Sassoon: The Making of a War Poet, A biography (1886-1918) by Jean Moorcroft Wilson
First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Thoroughly absorbing. -- John Gross, The Sunday Telegraph
A story in which the roots are as interesting as the core . . . invaluable to historians of the period. -- Andrew Motion, The Times (London)
A necessary and engrossing piece of work. -- Neil Powell, Times Literary Supplement
Jean Moorcroft Wilson is a lecturer in English at London University. Her previous books include biographies ofIsaac Rosenberg and Charles Hamilton Sorley, as well asWilliam Watson and Virginia Woolf. She is married to Virginia Woolf's nephew, with whom she runs a publishing house.