The Real Kenneth Grahame: The Tragedy Behind The Wind in the Willows by Galvin, Elisabeth

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Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This biography illuminates the turbulent life of one of the most tenderly elegiac writers in the English language -and reveals the exceptional women behind The Wind in the Willows.

Hardback. New. This biography illuminates the turbulent life of one of the most tenderly elegiac writers in the English language -and reveals the exceptional women behind The Wind in the Willows.

White Owl, 2022. Hardcover. New. 196 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches.

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Barnsley: White Owl, 2021. He wrote one of the most quintessentially English books, yet Kenneth Grahame (1859 – 1932) was a Scot. He was four years old when his mother died and his father became an alcoholic, so Kenneth grew up with his grandmother who lived on the banks of the beloved River Thames. Forced to abandon his dreams of studying at Oxford, he was accepted as a clerk at the Bank of England where he became one of the youngest men to be made company secretary. He narrowly escaped death in 1903 when he was mistaken for the Bank's governor and shot at several times. He wrote secretly in his spare time for magazines and became a contemporary of contributors including Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw and WB Yeats. Kenneth's first book, Pagan Papers (1893) initiated his success, followed by The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898), which turned him into a celebrated author. Ironically, his most famous novel today was the least successful during his lifetime: The Wind in the Willows (1908)… Read More

White Owl, 2022. Hardcover. New. 196 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches.

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