Mad World - Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead

A terrifically engaging and original biography of one of England''s greatest novelists, Evelyn Waugh, and the glamorous, eccentric, debauched, and ultimately tragic family that provided him with the most significant friendships of his life and inspired his masterpiece, Brideshead Revisited . Fans of The Mitfords , D.J. Taylor''s Bright Young People , and Alexander Waugh''s Fathers and Sons , as well as Anglophiles in general, will find much to savor in Paula Byrne''s wonderful Mad World .>

About the author

Paula Byrne is the critically acclaimed author of five biographies, including Belle: The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice, The Real Jane Austen, and Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead. She lives in Oxford, England, with her husband, the academic and biographer Jonathan Bate.

Product details

• Authors: Paula Byrne
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.03.2011
• EAN: 9780060881313
• ISBN: 978-0-06-088131-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; HISTORY: WORLD, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, LITERARY CRITICISM: Women Authors, HISTORY: Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM: Shakespeare, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century / General