Now All Roads Lead To France
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780571245987 (0571245986)
Publish date: September 1st 2011
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Pages no: 389
Edition language: English
description from BBC.UK**********************************************************************A compelling exploration of the making of one of Britain's most influential First World War poets - Edward Thomas, who is perhaps best-remembered for his poem 'Adlestrop'.Matthew Hollis's new biography is an...
If there's every a cautionary tale for misreading poetry, especially that old chestnut "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, this would be the book.
Book of the Week blurb - A compelling exploration of the making of one of Britain's most influential First World War poets - Edward Thomas, who is perhaps best-remembered for his poem 'Adlestrop'. Matthew Hollis's new biography is an account of Thomas's final five years and of his momentous and mutu...