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Greg Morse - John Betjeman (Shire Library) - 9780747810513 - 9780747810513
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John Betjeman (Shire Library)

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Description for John Betjeman (Shire Library) Paperback. "John Betjeman". Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 190 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132. New.
Born at the start of the twentieth century, John Betjeman later wrote that he always knew he would be a poet. In time, he would indeed become the most popular Poet Laureate since Tennyson, but he was more than that: as a noted broadcaster and journalist, he also did much to help us appreciate the beauty all around us – in the landscape, in architecture, in churches, on the coast and on the railway. At once lyrical and humorous, nostalgic and unsentimental, and above all distinctively English, Betjeman is in the first rank of poets to have emerged from these ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Shire Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
56
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747810513
SKU
9780747810513
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About Greg Morse
Greg Morse is the author of 'John Betjeman – Reading the Victorians', which grew out of the work he did for his D.Phil thesis on the Laureate. He is also co-author, with Chris Ellis, of 'Britain's Historic Railways', which draws on an enthusiasm for Britain's railways that he shares with Betjeman. Greg works as a technical writer for the railway ... Read more

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