Edward Thomas was perhaps the most beguiling and influential of
First World War poets. Now All Roads Lead to France is an account
of his final five years, centred on his extraordinary friendship
with Robert Frost and Thomas's fatal decision to fight in the war.
The book also evokes an astonishingly creative moment in English
literature, when London was a battleground for new, ambitious kinds
of writing. A generation that included W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound,
Robert Frost and Rupert Brooke were 'making it new' - vehemently
and pugnaciously. These larger-than-life characters surround a
central figure, tormented by his work and his marriage. But as his
friendship with Frost blossomed, Thomas wrote poem after poem, and
his emotional affliction began to lift. In 1914 the two friends
formed the ideas that would produce some of the most remarkable
verse of the twentieth century. Their writing was far more than
just war poetry, but it was World War I that put an ocean between
them. Frost returned to the safety of New England while Thomas
stayed to fight for the Old. It is these roads taken - and those
not taken - that are at the heart of this remarkable book, which
culminates in Thomas's tragic death on Easter Monday 1917.
General
| Imprint: |
Faber and Faber
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
2012 |
| First published: |
2012 |
| Authors: |
Matthew Hollis
|
| Dimensions: |
197 x 125 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
416 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-571-24599-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-571-24599-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780571245994 |
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