Michael Haag

Larry (eBook, ePUB)

A New Biography of Lawrence Durrell, 1912-1945

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'Highly readable and elegant' Spectator

'Wonderfully done' Guardian

Lawrence Durrell was unquestionably one of the most distinctive, original and compelling literary figures of his age. From his childhood in India and Burma to his bohemian youth in London and Paris, from his madcap scheme to move his family to Corfu to the formative war years spent in Alexandria - this masterful and richly detailed biography is essential reading to understand the man and the writer.

In Larry, Michael Haag, the world's foremost expert on the Durrells, brought together his unrivalled knowledge and first-hand meetings with the Durrell family and associates to offer the definitive account of the young Lawrence and the real-life settings and stories that inspired his acknowledged masterpiece, The Alexandria Quartet.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Profile
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782839507
• Artikelnr.: 66015997

Autorenporträt

Michael Haag was a writer, historian and biographer. He wrote widely on the Egyptian, Classical and Medieval worlds; and on the Mediterranean and the Middle East. He was regarded as the world's foremost Durrells scholar. His books for Profile include The Durrells of Corfu and the bestselling Templars series.