John Betjeman: the biography

Hillier, Bevis 1940-

John Betjeman: the biography - Abridged [ed.] - John Murray 2006 - xviii, 590 p., [24] p. of plates

Bibliography: p. 559-563 Includes index

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.

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Betjeman 1906-1984 John


Poets, English--20th century--Biography

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