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John Masefield
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- Book Synopsis
- Born in Ledbury in 1878, John Masefield was apprenticed under sail before spending several years in the US. On his return to England he worked as a journalist for the Manchester Guardian and other newspapers, and his first poems were published at the start of last century. In 1911 The Everlasting Mercy was published and caused a sensation with its brutal realism; over the next two decades he established himself as a poet, playwright, novelist, and historian. He enjoyed the friendship of Robert Graves and Yeats, and was appointed Poet Laureate in 1930. He died in 1967. Constance Babington-Smith received the full co-operation and support of Masefield's family, and has access to many previously unpublished papers and letters. The result is a well-rounded and absorbing biography of one of the best-loved English poets, one whose reputation has been in the doldrums for far too long.
- About The Author
- Constance Babington Smith (1912-2000) was a wartime photographic interpreter who made the first identification of a VI flying bomb at Peenemünde in 1943. She was Mentioned in Dispatches in 1942 and awarded the MBE in 1945.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780750937023
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The History Press, (10 November 2008)
- Number of Pages
- 271
- Weight
- 463 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 241 x 152 x 20 mm
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