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Waugh; Waugh, Hillary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569249725 ISBN 13: 9781569249727

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1994

Synopsis

Describes the author's travels to such places as Tahiti, Martinique, Siam and Ceylon in the early 1900s

About this title

About the Author

Alec Waugh, 1898-1981, was a British novelist born in London and educated at Sherborne Public School, Dorset. Waugh's first novel, The Loom of Youth (1917), is a semi-autobiographical account of public school life that caused some controversy at the time and led to his expulsion. Waugh was the only boy ever to be expelled from The Old Shirburnian Society.

Despite setting this record, Waugh went on to become the successful author of over 50 works, and lived in many exotic places throughout his life which later became the settings for some of his texts. He was also a noted wine connoisseur and campaigned to make the 'cocktail party' a regular feature of 1920s social life.

Edition details

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1569249725
• ISBN 13: 9781569249727
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304