The Last of England

by TedWalker (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1992

  $3.28

  Following his first volume of autobiography, The High Path , the poet Ted Walker now takes up his story in middle age. He describes his wife's long illness with cancer and his journey towards the inevitable knowledge of how much part of himself is lost through losing her.

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $3.30

  In 1987, Ted Walker's wife died. The Last of England is a poet's response to grief. It tells of his attempt to escape bitterness and self-pity in Spain, of his return to an England that despite his disillusionment he still called home. He tells of his wife's long illness and his own struggle to accept how much of himself was lost in losing her. With matter-of-fact detail he celebrated their love and records his own gradual renewal of spirit. The book contains the narrative as read by the author on Radio Four.