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The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives

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Description for The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives Paperback. Christopher Wood, a young Englishman, decided to be the greatest painter the world had seen. Richard Hilary, confident, handsome and unprincipled, flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain before being shot down and horribly burned. Jeremy Wolfenden was born in 1936, the son of Jack, later Lord Wolfenden. This work talks about these three people. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264.

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'Flawless... Poetic... Superbly portrayed... [Faulks's] feat of imagination...is phenomenal' Daily Telegraph


Christopher Wood, a beautiful young Englishman, decided to be the greatest painter the world had seen. He went to Paris in 1921. By day he studied, by night he attended the parties of the beau monde. He knew Picasso, worked for Diaghilev and was a friend of Cocteau. In the last months of his 29-year life, he fought a ravening opium addiction to succeed in claiming a place in history of English painting.

Richard Hilary, confident, handsome and unprincipled, flew Spitfires ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099518013
SKU
9780099518013
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Sebastian Faulks
Sebastian Faulks has written nineteen books, of which A Week in December and The Fatal Englishman were number one in the Sunday Times bestseller lists. He is best known for Birdsong, part of his French trilogy, and Human Traces, the first in an ongoing Austrian trilogy. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a journalist on national papers. He ... Read more

Reviews for The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives
Flawless... Poetic... Superbly portrayed... [Faulks's] feat of imagination...is phenomenal
Daily Telegraph
A mystery story of rare narrative power
Financial Times
Sebastian Faulks is a master at switching on the emotions of the reader... The spare narrative hides a commitment to his subject which pulls you in and leaves you gasping for those lost lives
Brian ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives


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