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Description
When Michael Holroyd's life of Strachey first appeared in the late 1960s, it was hailed as a landmark in contemporary biography. Drawing on new material, published and unpublished, Holroyd completely revised and rewrote his masterwork in 1995 to tell the full story of this complex man and his world as it could not be told while many of Strachey's friends and lovers were still alive.
At the heart of the story is the poignant liaison between Strachey and the painter Dora Carrington. A panorama of the social, literary, political and sexual life of a generation, LYTTON STRACHEY reverberates in the mind like a great novel.
Product details
Published | 01 Jul 2015 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 816 |
ISBN | 9781784971380 |
Imprint | Head of Zeus |
Series | Great Lives |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Holroyd's prose... is as elegant as ever. He is one of the few biographers who has retained a pronounced sense of humour
The Times
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Masterly: full of new insight
Sunday Express
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You will be won over by Strachey's originality, independence and humanity; by his hatred of humbug and prudery; by his life-saving gift for comedy
Evening Standard