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Zusatztext This exemplary biography ... [is] told by Taylor with supreme narrative skill. Informationen zum Autor Andrew Taylor is the author of ten books, including biographies of the Arabian traveller Charles Doughty and the 16th Century cartographer Gerard Mercator, as well as books on language, literature, poetry and, history. He studied English Literature at Oxford University and worked as a Fleet Street and BBC television journalist in London and the Middle East before returning to Britain in the 1990s to concentrate on his writing career. Klappentext This uncompromising literary biography tells the story of a wounded D-Day veteran, a deserter, a violent drunk, a loving father who abandoned his first child, a boxer and brawler, a wife-beater, a bigamist, and a passionately romantic lover. It is also, most importantly, the story of a poet. Zusammenfassung This uncompromising literary biography tells the story of a wounded D-Day veteran, a deserter, a violent drunk, a loving father who abandoned his first child, a boxer and brawler, a wife-beater, a bigamist, and a passionately romantic lover. It is also, most importantly, the story of a poet. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Chapter One: Beginnings Chapter Two: Aylesbury Chapter Three: The Long and Lovely Summer Chapter Four: Gone for a Soldier Chapter Five: Military Prison Chapter Six: Back in Action Chapter Seven: On the Run Chapter Eight: Court Martial Again Chapter Nine: Marriage Chapter Ten: Schoolmaster Chapter Eleven: Falling Apart Chapter Twelve: A Proper Gentleman Chapter Thirteen: Young Love Chapter Fourteen: Otley Chapter Fifteen: Last Love Chapter Sixteen: Afterword
