by PhilipZiegler (Author)
A biography of Osbert Sitwell who, along with his siblings Edith and Sacheverell, was renowned for his bizarre behaviour and unusual talents. He was also a close friend and sometime sparring partner of T.S. Eliot, Aldous Huxley, Evelyn Waugh and Cyril Connolly.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 480
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Pimlico
Published: 04 Mar 1999
ISBN 10: 0712665315
ISBN 13: 9780712665315
Book Overview: In this accomplished biography, Ziegler merges social history of the highest order with a dazzling psychological study of a very English eccentric. . . It is Ziegler's deft handling of the uneasy mix of the man and his age that makes this biography of a minor figure a masterpiece. ' Jackie Wullschlager, FINANCIAL TIMES