"... To describe Aldington as a complicated individual is an understatement, and to call his relationships with other people complex is equally inadequate. It is one of the strengths of Whelpton's biography that she examines these complexities with great patience, clarity and objectivity... Whelpton is scrupulous in distinguishing between documented fact and fictionalized reconstruction and hypothesis... To read this biography ... Read moreis to be convicted that Aldington still deserves and important place in the history of English literature and literary life of the twentieth century. Vivien Whelpton has thus written a challenging book about an author most publishers still prefer to ignore, and Lutterworth Press is to be congratulated for publishing it" Adrian Barlow, The Use of English, Vol. 65 N. 3 Summer 2014 "Whelpton has done her own research. She gives a good sense of the complexities of this and Aldington's many other relationships." Robert Crawford, in "London Review of Books", vol.37, issue 2, 22 January 2015 "This is an absorbing and thorough discussion of Aldington's life and work, and illuminates the cultural life of London throughout the period.[...]The research is thorough and presented with a remarkably light touch, considering the level of detail here. Vivien Whelpton is to be congratulated on a very substantial achievement in a book which will long resonate with its readers." Alliance Of Literary Society Newsletter, Summer 2014 "This is a skilfully written biography. The writer displays a huge knowledge of the life of her subject and a very good grasp of the contemporary literature and other artistic expressions of the age." Marysa Demoor, English Literature in Transition vol 58 issue 4, 2015 "Whelpton's account is formidably thorough, and a valuable addition to the biographical resources previously available to the Aldington scholar; it will also be useful to students of the First World War, modernist literature and the early twentieth century...Vivien Whelpton has made an important contribution to Aldington scholarship, and I await the proposed volumes detailing Aldington's early and late years with interest." Andrew Frayn, New Canterbury Literary Society News, Vol. 43, Issue 1, Spring 2015 Show Less