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“An utterly captivating and generous book with all the intimacy of a diary and the scholarly soundness of a fine biography...A singular accomplishment.” (Chicago Tribune)
“An engaging book...remarkably thorough...Deftly interweaving biographical details and textual analysis, Byrne makes the connections between Waugh’s art, Roman Catholic faith, and life dance.” (Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor)
“Altogether excellent and wickedly entertaining...Scandalous detail enlivens every page of this delicious biography...Over the years I’ve read all the major biographies of Evelyn Waugh, and Byrne’s is...the fastest moving and the most fun.” (Michael Dirda, Washington Post)
“Well-researched and absorbing.” (Booklist)
“Remarkable...not only a meticulously researched biography but also an enjoyable read.” (Library Journal)
“A considerable contribution to literary history...includes enough gossipy asides to intrigue readers.” (Publishers Weekly)
“A splendid new book...While displaying the research values of a scholar Byrne also manages to write with the panache and timing of a popular novelist.” (Alexander Waugh, Daily Beast)
“A sharp, entertaining literary biography...A perceptive study of how Evelyn Waugh emerged from middle-class beginnings to inhabit the tony corridors described in BRIDESHEAD REVISITED.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“’Mad World’ is the perfect title for this sparkling book, a hybrid of family romance, incisive literary criticism, and deliciously hot gossip.” (Martin Rubin, Washington Times)
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“An engaging book...remarkably thorough...Deftly interweaving biographical details and textual analysis, Byrne makes the connections between Waugh’s art, Roman Catholic faith, and life dance.” (Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor)
“Altogether excellent and wickedly entertaining...Scandalous detail enlivens every page of this delicious biography...Over the years I’ve read all the major biographies of Evelyn Waugh, and Byrne’s is...the fastest moving and the most fun.” (Michael Dirda, Washington Post)
“Well-researched and absorbing.” (Booklist)
“Remarkable...not only a meticulously researched biography but also an enjoyable read.” (Library Journal)
“A considerable contribution to literary history...includes enough gossipy asides to intrigue readers.” (Publishers Weekly)
“A splendid new book...While displaying the research values of a scholar Byrne also manages to write with the panache and timing of a popular novelist.” (Alexander Waugh, Daily Beast)
“A sharp, entertaining literary biography...A perceptive study of how Evelyn Waugh emerged from middle-class beginnings to inhabit the tony corridors described in BRIDESHEAD REVISITED.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“’Mad World’ is the perfect title for this sparkling book, a hybrid of family romance, incisive literary criticism, and deliciously hot gossip.” (Martin Rubin, Washington Times)
Evelyn Waugh was already famous when Brideshead Revisited was published in 1945. Written at the height of the war, the novel was, he admitted, of no "immediate propaganda value." Instead, it was the story of a household, a family and a journey of religious faith—an elegy for a vanishing world and a testimony to a family he had fallen in love with a decade earlier.
The Lygons of Madresfield were every bit as glamourous, eccentric and compelling as their counterparts in Brideshead Revisited. William Lygon, Earl Beauchamp, was a warmhearted, generous and unconventional father whose seven children adored him. When he was forced to flee the country by his scheming brother-in-law, his traumatised children stood firmly by him, defying not only the mores of the day but also their deeply religious mother.
In this engrossing biography, Paula Byrne takes an innovative approach to her subject, setting out to capture Waugh through the friendships that mattered most to him. She uncovers a man who, far from the snobbish misanthrope of popular caricature, was as loving and as complex as the family that inspired him. This brilliantly original biography unlocks for the first time the extent to which Waugh's great novel encoded and transformed his own experiences. In so doing, it illuminates the loves and obsessions that shaped his life, and brings us inevitably to the secret that dared not speak its name.
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- Date d'édition2009
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Description du livre Hardcover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. London. HarperPress/Harper Collins Publishers. 2009. First Edition/First Printing (1 printed under first published 2009 to copyright page). Hard Cover. Medium 8vo. 6.5" x 9.3". ([16.5cm x 23.5cm] approx. 355 pp. Dark violet boards with pale blue metallic cursive titles to the spine. Book is new with no wear. Dust jacket unclipped at £25 shows Evelyn Waugh on the front wrap riding a motorcycle. Despite being new, the dust jacket has sustained a tiny amount of rubbing at the head of the spine which is barely visible. No other wear. A terrifically engaging and original biography about one of England's greatest novelists, and the glamorous, eccentric, debauched and ultimately tragic family that provided him with the most significant friendships of his life and inspired his masterpiece, "Brideshead Revisited". Paula Byrne takes an innovative approach to her subject, setting out to capture Waugh through the friendships and loves that mattered most to him. She uncovers a man who, far from the snobbish misanthropist of popular caricature, was as loving and complex as the family that inspired him. This brilliantly original biography unlocks for the first time the extent to which Waugh's great novel encoded and transformed his own experiences. In so doing, it illuminates the loves and obsessions that shaped his life. The dust jacket will be protected with a new inert archival quality sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message. N° de réf. du vendeur 16MAY2023021
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