BERNARD SHAW - A BIOGRAPHY - FOUR VOLUME SET. 1. 1856 - 1898 THE SEARCH FOR LOVE. 2. 1898 - 1918 THE PURSUIT OF POWER. 3. 1918 - 1950 THE LURE OF FANTASY. 4. 1950 - 1991 THE LAST LAUGH
by Holroyd, Michael
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Michael Holroyd was born in 1935 and is half-Swedish and partly Irish. Recognised as one of the greatest biographers of our time, he is the author of acclaimed biographies of Hugh Kingsmill, Lytton Strachey, Augustus John, and Shaw. He was awarded the CBE in 1989. Born in London, he now lives in London and Somerset and is married to author Margaret Drabble.
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- Title
- BERNARD SHAW - A BIOGRAPHY - FOUR VOLUME SET. 1. 1856 - 1898 THE SEARCH FOR LOVE. 2. 1898 - 1918 THE PURSUIT OF POWER. 3. 1918 - 1950 THE LURE OF FANTASY. 4. 1950 - 1991 THE LAST LAUGH
- Author
- Holroyd, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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