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Book SynopsisThis book encompasses the complete life and works of Siegfried Sassoon, from his patriotic youth that led him to the frontline, to the formation of his anti-war convictions, great literary friendships and flamboyant love affairs.
Trade Review"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
Table of ContentsContents -- List of Plates Introduction -- 1. Heredities -- 2. Childhood in the Garden, 1886-1895 -- 3. Lutes and Nightingales, 1895-1900 -- 4. 'Harum-Scarum Schoolboy’, 1900-1904 -- 5. The Chancellor's Muddle, 1904-1907 -- 6. Sporting Squire and Gentleman Writer, 1907-1914 -- 7. Big London Where Poets Live, May-July 1914 -- 8. The Happy Warrior, August 1914-November 1915 -- 9. ‘Goodbye to Galahad’, November 1915-March 1916 -- 10. ‘At the Edge of the World’, March-July 1916 -- 11. ‘My Killed Friends are With Me’, August 1916-January 1917 -- 12. The Wounded Hero, February-April 1917 -- 13. ‘Love Drove Me to Rebel’, April-July 1917 -- 14. Strange Meeting, July-November 1917 -- 15. ‘Love Drives Me Back’, November 1917-May 1918 -- 16. The Good Soldier, May-July 1918 -- 17. ‘A Loathsome Ending’, July-November 1918 -- Afterword -- Family Trees -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- A Select Bibliography Index.
