{"product_id":"siegfried-sassoon-the-making-of-a-war-poet-a-biography-1886-1918-paperback","title":"Siegfried Sassoon: The Making of a War Poet, A biography (1886-1918) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Moorcroft Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSiegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)\u003c\/em\u003e, soldier, poet, and witness to a century of war, is an icon of the twentieth century;\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJean Moorcroft Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e is the leading authority on him. In this two-volume biography, she offers her definitive analysis of his life and works. The first critically acclaimed volume, covering Sassoon's life up until the end of the Great War, offers rich material on his poetry, his patriotism, and his anti-war stance. In volume two, Moorcroft Wilson reveals the truth of Sassoon's life after the armistice, when most people thought he was dead; the story includes a series of love affairs with such larger-than-life characters as Queen Victoria's great-grandson, Prince Phillip of Hesse, the flamboyant Ivor Novello, and the exotic and bejeweled Stephen Tennant. But this was also the period of Sassoon's close friendships with the greatest literary figures of the age, including Hardy, Beerbohm, E.M. Forster, and T.E. Lawrence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with the cooperation of Siegfried Sassoon's family and friends, and with access to a mass of private and unpublished material, poems, diaries, letters, and photographs, this meticulously researched biography will be the standard work on Sassoon's life and legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJean Moorcroft Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a lecturer in English at London University. Her previous books include biographies of\u003cem\u003eIsaac Rosenberg \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eCharles Hamilton Sorley\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as\u003cem\u003eWilliam Watson \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eVirginia Woolf\u003c\/em\u003e. She is married to Virginia Woolf's nephew, with whom she runs a publishing house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 564\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.46 x 7.76 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755831034144,"sku":"9780415973847","price":74.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/470b8211eceba2dd35c1d1c8030dac51.webp?v=1780069188","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/siegfried-sassoon-the-making-of-a-war-poet-a-biography-1886-1918-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}