A.A. Milne: His life

A study of the life of A.A.Milne from his childhood when he was educated at his fathers school Henley House and taught by H.G.Wells through his early days on "Granta" and "Punch" to the flowering of his careeer in the 1920s and 1930s. Milne wrote a series of West End plays including "Mr Pim Passes By" and numbered among his friends P.G.Wodehouse and J.M.Barrie. It was for his son born in 1920 that Milne wrote the four great childrens books of his maturity: "When We Were Very Young" "Now We are Six" "Winnie the Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner". Revealing Milnes complexity this biography tells of his strong political feelings his often difficult personal relationships and how his successful childrens books became an almost intolerable burden. Ann Thwaite was awarded the 1990 Whitbread Biography of The Year for this book.