{"product_id":"siegfried-sassoon-v-1-9780715631218","title":"Siegfried Sassoon (v. 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon is one of the twentieth centurys greatest icons and Jean Moorcroft Wilson is the leading authority on him. In Siegfried Sassoon: The Journey from the Trenches  the second volume of her best-selling  authorized biography  Wilson completes her definitive analysis of his life and works  exploring Sassoons experiences after the Great War. For many people  Sassoon exists primarily as a First World War poet and bold fighter  who earned the nickname Mad Jack in the trenches and risked Court Martial  possibly the firing squad  with his public protest against the War. Much less is known about his life after the Armistice. Wilson uncovers a series of love affairs with such larger-than-life characters as Queen Victorias great-grandson  Prince Phillip of Hess  the flamboyant Ivor Novello and the exotic and bejewelled Hon. Stephen Tennant. This period also sees Sassoon establishing close friendships with some of the greatest literary figures of the age  Hardy  Beerbohm  E. M. Forster and T. E. Lawrence among them. Sassoon himself said that most people thought he had died in 1919. But Wilson shows that his poetry is  if anything  more powerful in the second half of his life. Based on a decade of meticulous research and interviews with many who knew Sassoon well  much of the material is published here for the first time. Siegfried Sassoon: The Journey from the Trenches completes a fascinating story that is beautifully told.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924890157109,"sku":"ByrdShop_0715631217","price":99.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780715631218.jpg?v=1794143416","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/siegfried-sassoon-v-1-9780715631218","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}