Engaging biography about one of England's greatest novelists, and the glamorous, eccentric, debauched and tragic family that provided him with the inspiration for his masterpiece, }Brideshead Revisited{. This original biography unlocks the extent to which Waugh's great novel encoded and transformed his own experiences, illuminating the loves and obsessions that shaped his life. Illustrated A terrifically engaging and original biography about one of England’s greatest novelists, and the glamorous, eccentric, debauched and ultimately tragic family that provided him with the most significant friendships of his life and inspired his masterpiece, ‘Brideshead Revisited’.
