Right Royal by John Masefield
John Edward Masefield, OM, (1878-1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death. He is remembered as the author of the classic children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights. By the age of 24, Masefield's poems were being published in periodicals and his first collected works, Salt-Water Ballads was published in 1902. Masefield then wrote two novels, Captain Margaret (1908) and Multitude and Solitude (1909). In 1911, after a long drought of poem writing, he composed The Everlasting Mercy (1911). When World War I began Masefield went to the Western Front as a medical orderly, later publishing his own account of his experiences. In 1921, Masefield received an Honorary Doctorate of Literature from Oxford University. He also wrote a very large number of dramatic pieces. Most of his dramas were based on themes of Christianity. Amongst his other works are Martin Hyde: The Duke's Messenger (1910), Jim Davis (1911) and Right Royal (1920).
John Masefield was born in Ledbury in 1878, orphaned at the age of six, and after a period at sea training for a naval career, he worked on the Manchester Guardian. In 1902 his Salt-Water Ballads was published, incorporating his celebrated poem, ‘Sea Fever’. A year later he married and he and Constance had a daughter, followed by a son who later died in action in 1942. 1903 saw publication of a further volume of Masefield poems including ‘Cargoes’. During WWI, Masefield served overseas with the Red Cross, afterwards settling to enjoy rural life in Oxfordshire. In 1920, he wrote Right Royal as well as some other narrative poems. Masefield was Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967. Cecil Aldin’s masterful illustrations beautifully capture all the heightened emotions of horse racing in Right Royal.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906122607 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906122601 |
| Title | Right Royal |
| Author | John Masefield |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Merlin Unwin Books |
| Year published | 2013-09-05 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
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