C Day-Lewis: A Life

by Peter Stanford

Book Overview

How unfair', wrote one national newspaper in 1951, 'that accomplishments enough to satisfy the pride of six men should be united in Mr Day-Lewis.' Poet, translator of classical texts, novelist, detective writer (under the pen-name Nicholas Blake), performer and, at that time, Professor of Poetry at Oxford, C Day-Lewis had many careers all at once. This first authorised biography tells the private story behind the many headlines that this handsome,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826486037
• ISBN13: 9780826486035
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.4"