Betjeman's Cornwall - Softcover

Betjeman, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719541069 ISBN 13: 9780719541063

Verlag: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1988

Inhaltsangabe

Page edges tanned. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

Über diesen Titel

Reseña del editor:

John Betjeman first fell in love with Cornwall during his childhood holidays and returned to it yearly until his death. As this collection shows, it has inspired some of his best poems and most evocative prose.

Biografía del autor:

John Betjeman was born in London on 28 August 1906. He was educated at Marlborough and Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1931 his first book of poems, 'Mount Zion', was published by an old Oxford friend, Edward James. His second book was 'Ghastly Good Taste', a commentary on architecture, published in 1934. He was knighted in 1969 and was appointed Poet Laureate in 1972. John Betjeman died on 19 May 1984 at his home in Trebetherick, Cornwall and was buried at the nearby church of St Enodoc.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0719541069
• ISBN 13: 9780719541063
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 95