The Inklings by Humphrey Carpenter

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Critically acclaimed, award-winning biography of CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien and the brilliant group of writers to come out of Oxford during the Second World War.

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The Inklings by Humphrey Carpenter

Critically acclaimed, award-winning biography of CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien and the brilliant group of writers to come out of Oxford during the Second World War.

‘A constantly enjoyable volume’ John Carey, Sunday Times

‘A triumph of skill and tact… not one dull or slack sentence’ Kingsley Amis, New Statesman

‘It must be technically very difficult to write a biography of more than one person at a time: it is still more difficult to capture the atmosphere of a group… Mr Carpenter has managed both things admirably’ Mary Warnock, Sunday Telegraph

Humphrey Carpenter was born in Oxford in 1946 and has spent most of his life in that city. He read English Language and Literature at Keble College, Oxford, and met Professor J.R.R. Tolkien on a number of occasions. For some years he worked for the BBC as a radio producer and broadcaster and has won acclaim as a top biographer, including the recent and controversial biography of Robert Runcie.

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ISBN 13 9780007748693
ISBN 10 0007748698
Title The Inklings
Author Humphrey Carpenter
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 2006-01-02
Number of pages 384
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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