John Betjeman : the biography
Hillier, Bevis, 1940-2006
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John Betjeman was the best-loved English poet since Tennyson and became an institution - a 'teddy bear to the nation'. This biography takes the reader from Betjeman's troubled childhood in north London, through his blossoming at Oxford; a gay fling with W H Auden; a clandestine marriage to a field marshal's daughter; and more.
Main title:
John Betjeman : the biography / Bevis Hillier.
Edition:
Abridged [ed.].
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2006.
Collation:
xviii, 590 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2002.Previous ed.: published in 3 v. as Young Betjeman, 1988 - John Betjeman, 2002 - Betjeman, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-563) and index.
ISBN:
9780719564437 (pbk)
Dewey class:
821.912
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
53316