<strong>Siegfried Sassoon</strong> 18861967 soldier poet and witness to a century ofwar is an icon of the twentieth century Jean Moorcroft Wilson is the leading... » 

Siegfried Sassoon 18861967 soldier poet and witness to a century ofwar is an icon of the twentieth century Jean Moorcroft Wilson is the leadingauthority on him. In this twovolume biography she offers her definitiveanalysis of his life and works. The first critically acclaimed volume coveringSassoons life up until the end of the Great War offers rich material on hispoetry his patriotism and his antiwar stance. In volume two MoorcroftWilson reveals the truth of Sassoons life after the armistice when mostpeople thought he was dead the story includes a series of love affairs withsuch largerthanlife characters as Queen Victorias greatgrandson PrincePhillip of Hesse the flamboyant Ivor Novello and the exotic and bejeweledStephen Tennant. But this was also the period of Sassoons close friendshipswith the greatest literary figures of the age including Hardy Beerbohm E.M.Forster and T.E. Lawrence.Written with the cooperation of Siegfried Sassoons family and friends andwith access to a mass of private and unpublished material poems diariesletters and photographs this meticulously researched biography will be thestandard work on Sassoons life and legacy. «