Old thunder : a life of Hilaire Belloc
"Hilaire Belloc is one of the most important, revered and reviled writers of the twentieth century. A social commentator, a master of finely crafted prose and a poet of great wit, he continues to fascinate. The author examines the lasting impact of this prolific writer and social commentator on British intellectual life."--Jacket
Biography
x, 318 pages ; 25 cm
9780898709421, 0898709423
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cradle refugee
An Anglo-French childhood
First love
'Youth gave you to me'
Editor and tramp
Soldier and scholar
Survivals and new arrivals
Baring and Buchan
Baring and Chesterton
Romeward bound
The south country
The Chesterbelloc
The party system
Friends and disciples
Love and laughter
Religious and politics
Farewell to parliament
Eye-witness to scandal
Ghostly secrets and moral wounds
'Where darkness is ... '
War and other diversions
A private friendship
Popes, dictators and Jews
Friends and family
War of the Wells
Reformed characters
A final flourish
Farewell to the Chesterbelloc
The last rally
Decline without fall
The fading