Escape from the Shadows: An Autobiography

by Robin Maugham

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070409692
• ISBN13: 9780070409699
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.

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Escape from the Shadows - Robin Maugham

This autobiography by Robin Maugham , nephew of famous author Somerset Maugham , is written in an honest , self deprecating and very eloquent tone . Maughams' account gives the reader an original and very intimate view behind the curtain of an aristocratic and politically very influential English family.Maughams' father was Chamberlain and confidant to Winston Churchill . Maugham recounts his childhooddevelopment , his delicate yet steadfast demeanorand his troubledrelationship with his authoritarian father .As Maugham matured he came to terms with his homosexuality and his famous and incongruous relative , Somerset Maugham .Robin Maugham also served proudly and with distinction in the English military , a period of his lifein which Maugham showed true bravery and compassion . The pace of this autobiography is more allegro than andante ; never lagging and always engrossing . The scope is very wide yet very well focused . In my opinion this is a wonderful work , and in keeping with Maughams' character , is very brave and forthright . R.S. 10/25/01 Dallas , TX...