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<p><p>evelyn Waugh Was Already Famous When <i>brideshead Revisited</i> Was Published In 1945. Written At The Height Of The War, The Novel Was, He Admitted, Of No Immediate Propaganda Value. Instead, It Was The Story Of A Household, A Family And A Journey Of Religious Faith An Elegy For A Vanishing World And A Testimony To A Family He Had Fallen In Love With A Decade Earlier. <p>the Lygons Of Madresfield Were Every Bit As Glamorous, Eccentric And Compelling As Their Counterparts In <i>brideshead Revisited</i>. William Lygon, Earl Beauchamp, Was A Warmhearted, Generous And Unconventional Father Whose Seven Children Adored Him. When He Was Forced To Flee The Country By His Scheming Brother-in-law, His Traumatized Children Stood Firmly By Him, Defying Not Only The Mores Of The Day But Also Their Deeply Religious Mother. <p>in This Engrossing Biography, Paula Byrne Takes An Innovative Approach To Her Subject, Setting Out To Capture Waugh Through The Friendships That Mattered Most To Him. She Uncovers A Man Who, Far From The Snobbish Misanthrope Of Popular Caricature, Was As Loving And As Complex As The Family That Inspired Him. This Brilliantly Original Biography Unlocks For The First T

Author

Paula Byrne

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780060881313

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography

Rating

3.88 / 5 (587 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14