The Life Of Arthur Ransome - Brossura

Brogan, Hugh

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ISBN 10: 0712652493 ISBN 13: 9780712652490

Casa editrice: Pimlico, 1992

Riassunto

For a man who longed for a quiet existence, Arthur Ransome led a remarkably adventurous life. His bohemian years as a writer in Chelsea before the First World War closed with the agony of his prosecution for Libel by Lord Alfred Douglas. His two marriages - first to an unstable fantasist and later to a formidable Russian who had been Trotsky's secretary - were, to say the least, stormy. As a journalist he had a ringside view of the Russian Revolution and travelled widely in the Middle East and China. It was not until he was 45 and settled in the Lake District that he embarked, in the Swallows and Amazons stories, on some of the best loved books ever written for children.

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Recensione:

"Arthur Ransome was among the most attractive and gifted literary figures of his time. Hugh Brogan has written a delightful book about him which brings him dramatically back to life." (A.J.P. Taylor Observer)

"Brogan's life of the man and his study of the works serve as a powerful, excellently supported and splendidly-written piece of English cultural history." (Norman Stone Times Literary Supplement)

L'autore:

Hugh Brogan was for ten years a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He is now a lecturer in American History at the University of Essex. His publications include A History of the United States.

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• Editore: Pimlico
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0712652493
• ISBN 13: 9780712652490
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 480