The Life of Right Reverend Ronald Knox
$40.41
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
24 October 2012
Summary
Waugh’s biography of an eminent priest, reissued alongside the rest of Waugh’s oeuvre in Modern Classics with a new cover look.
Ronald Knox - priest, classicist and brilliant, prolific writer - was one of the outstanding men of letters of his time. The renowned Oxford chaplain was a friend of figures such as G. K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc, and was known for his caustic wit and spiritual wisdom. Evelyn Waugh, his devoted friend and admirer, was asked by Knox to write his biography…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141391519 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141391510 |
| Author: | Evelyn Waugh |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 24 October 2012 |
| Weight: | 334g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 130mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Waugh wrote like an angel … a fallen one
Waugh wrote like an angel … a fallen one Irish Times
Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903 and educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). During these years he also travelled extensively and converted to Catholicism. In 1939 Waugh was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, experiences which informed his Sword of Honour trilogy (1952-61). His most famous novel, Brideshead Revisited (1945), was written while on leave from the army. Waugh died in 1966.
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