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Synopsis
The author of the bestselling "Mountbatten" and "King Edward VIII" now offers a wonderfully witty, major new biography of the renowned poet, novelist, essayist, and legendary 20th-century eccentric, Osbert Sitwell. of photos.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (395-427) and index. "Books by Osbert Sitwell": p. 428-429. "Books about Osbert Sitwell or the Sitwell family": p. 430.
About the Author
Philip Ziegler was born in 1929 and was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He then joined the Diplomatic Service and served in Vientiane, Paris, Pretoria and Bogotá before resigning to join the publisher William Collins, where he was editorial director for more than fifteen years. His books have included biographies of William IV, Melbourne, Lady Diana Cooper, Mountbatten and Edward VIII. His most recent book is London at War.