Young Betjeman

Young Betjeman

by Bevis Hillier (Author)

Synopsis

Young Betjeman opens Bevis Hillier's biographical trilogy of John Betjeman. It was first published in 1988 and has been reissued to accompany John Betjeman: New Fame, New Love, which deals with the poet at the peak of his success.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 496
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 21 Jul 1988

ISBN 10: 0719545315
ISBN 13: 9780719545313

Media Reviews
'Utterly compelling...Bevis Hillier is the brilliant chef of this orgy' -- John Bayley, London Magazine 'A delicious volume which takes the late Laureate from birth to marriage' -- Ferdinand Mount, Sunday Telegraph
Author Bio
Bevis Hillier devoted more than twenty-five years to writing Betjeman's life, a task entrusted to him by the poet himself. Like Betjeman he was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. Later he joined The Times, became editor of The Connoisseur and a columnist on the Los Angeles Times, as well as writing for many other papers and journals. He edited Betjeman's 'Uncollected Poems' now included in COLLECTED POEMS, compiled JOHN BETJEMAN: A LIFE IN PICTURES and is the author of YOUNG BETJEMAN, NEW FAME, NEW LIFE and THE BONUS OF LAUGHTER. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in Hampshire.