Wilfred Owen: A New Biography
Hibberd's biography, is particularly effective in communicating a sense of its subject's shy charm. (Thomas HodgkinsonLiterary Review)Hibberd's biography provides a much fuller, more complex and nuanced depiction of Owen than any available to his point. (G. Grieve-CarlsonCHOICE)Owen deserved—but has so far lacked—a definitive biography. Now it is indisputably here. (Nigel JonesBBC History Magazine)This rich, compelling, formidably researched enterprise...is the fruit of half a lifetime's devotion to Owen's memory. (John CareySunday Times)Hibberd has probably done more than any other individual to illuminate Owen's life and work...a triumph.... It is difficult to believe it will ever be superseded. (Mark BostridgeThe Independent On Sunday)Literary biography of the first order, splendidly written and thoroughly documented.... Highly recommended. (CHOICE)Although Dominic Hibberd modestly says that his book 'is not, of course, definitive,' it is hard to see how it could be improved upon. (Times Literary Supplement)A magisterial biography. (The New York Times)Hibberd is the world's foremost authority on this soldier-poet, and his new biography is full of reliable information, intelligent judgements. (Ron SmithRichmond Times-Dispatch)