Michael Holroyd

Broschiertes Buch

Augustus John

The New Biography

Beschreibung

This 1997 revised and updated biography of the celebrated artist, using the mass of new material which has come to light since Holroyd's two-volume first edition in the mid 1970s, reveals the complete story of John and his circle, from one of our great biographers.

Autor

Besides the biographies of Augustus John, Bernard Shaw and Lytton Strachey (which was filmed as Carrington), Michael Holroyd has written two volumes of memoirs, Basil Street Blues and Mosaic. He was president of the Royal Society of Literature from 2003 - 2008 and is the only non-fiction writer to have been awarded the British Literature Prize. He lives in London and Somerset with his wife, the novelist Margaret Drabble.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 752
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 151mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1132g
• ISBN-13: 9781845951849
• ISBN-10: 1845951840
• Artikelnr.: 34101717