Osbert Sitwell
By: Philip Ziegler.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
Subjects: Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "At the heart of every literary fracas from 1918 until well after 1945, Osbert was a close friend and sometime sparring partner of T.S. Eliot, Aldous Huxley, Evelyn Waugh and Cyril Connolly, and a ferocious enemy of Noel Coward, the Leavises and Winston Churchill. His love life was notoriously turbulent; he could be outrageous, perverse, arrogant, bullying; he could be generous, loyal, considerate, public-spirited - but he was never dull." "This biography provides social insights, a striking overview of literary Britain in this century and, a portrait of a remarkable human being."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (395-427) and index.
"Books by Osbert Sitwell": p. 428-429.
"Books about Osbert Sitwell or the Sitwell family": p. 430.
Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1998.