| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 639 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: Great Britain : Picador, 2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [585]-597) and index. |
| Contents |
'The daybreak world' -- 'Try to be more sensible' -- The weald of youth -- 'Grief can be beautiful' -- 'I am sure I shall get blown to shreds' -- 'The heroics of pacifism' -- 'Dottyville' -- 'I must be strong' -- 'Threshold of the dark' -- Love and politics -- Byron in America -- 'Why can't I create something?' -- gThe unknown want' -- The fox-hunting man -- Stephen: love and anger -- 'I ask for nothing but to be near him always' -- Elected silence -- Hester: 'A flower has opened in my heart' -- A bullying barbarian of a world' -- 'In George I seem to live my life again' -- The hardened heart -- Heytesbury's solitary squire -- The search -- 'At the end of all wrong roads i came' -- Trying to be like Our Lord' -- 'My final test of endurance -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.
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Poets, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Catholic converts -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0374263752 alkaline paper |
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9780374263751 alkaline paper |
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