First Childhood

by Lord Berners

Book Overview

n the 1930s, the English composer Lord Berners wrote two memoirs: First Childhood, which covers his earliest memories and his years in prep school, and A Distant Prospect, about his years at Eton. While the former could conceivably be read alone, the second could not, and they should be considered as a whole. Berners had a sharp eye, which manifests in many beautiful descriptions, even of relatively banal subjects like the math master's voice ("the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 188598331X
• ISBN13: 9781885983312
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Turtle Point Press
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.3"