The Great Lover - A Novel

"A brilliant, complicated man is the centre of Jill Dawson''s The Great Lover, and while she draws extensively on historical records of Brooke and his contemporaries, it is her decisions as a novelist that make this account of his life fascinating as well as faithful. . . . . The story that emerges is strong, satisfying, and memorable." -- The Times (London) An imaginative, fascinating novel about one of the most enduringly popular and romantic figures of the First World War--the radical, handsome young poet Rupert Brooke.

About the author

Jill Dawson is the author of Trick of the Light, Magpie, Fred and Edie, which was short-listed for the Whitbread Novel Award and the Orange Prize, Wild Boy, Watch Me Disappear, which was long-listed for the Orange Prize, The Great Lover, and Lucky Bunny. She has edited six anthologies of short stories and poetry, and has written for numerous UK publications, including The Guardian, The Times, Vogue, and Harper's Bazaar. She lives in Norfolk with her husband and two sons.

Product details

• Authors: Jill Dawson
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2010
• EAN: 9780061924361
• ISBN: 978-0-06-192436-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: General, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Romance / Historical / 20th Century, POETRY: American / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century