John Betjeman by Bevis Hillier
Following Young Betjeman, in which the poet secretly married and found his eccentric genius, this volume deals with his zenith years.
One of the richest and most entertaining biographies of recent timesJohn Bayley. -- Literary Review It is a book to read slowly for fear of coming too fast to the end. -- Guardian The book is crammed with very funny stories. -- Daily Telegraph
Bevis Hillier has dedicated more than twenty-five years to writing Betjeman's life, a task entrusted to him by the poet himself. Patrick Taylor-Martin wrote: 'It is impossible to imagine the job done by anyone more intelligent, industrious or sympathetic.' Like Betjeman he was at Magdalen College, Oxford; later he joined The Times, became Editor of The Connoisseur, and a columnist on the Los Angeles Times, as well as writing for many other papers and journals. He is an authority on nineteenth-century ceramics and on Art Deco. He edited Betjeman's Uncollected Poems (now included in Collected Poems), compiled John Betjeman: A Life in Pictures ('a heavenly book', A. L. Rowse) and is the author of Young Betjeman. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in Hampshire. Young Betjeman has been reissued as a companion to this new volume.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719550027 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719550025 |
| Title | John Betjeman |
| Author | Bevis Hillier |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2002-11-07 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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