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Rose, Dame Macaulay (Author)


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July 24, 1986 20th Century Classics
In this book of tragedy and great beauty, Rose Macaulay's only historical novel, she reveals a lifelong passion for the seventeenth century. Here she interweaves the lives of Robert Herrick and other poets with those of a small group of fictional characters, setting them vividly in one of the most turbulent periods in English history. "The the great enrichment of the English language Miss Macaulay has chosen an historical subject....She has added something permanent to English letters."--Observer

Rose Macaulay was a successful novelist whose works include Potterism and The Towers of Trebizond.

Susan Howatch is the author of The Dark Shore and Penmarric.

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Rose Macaulay was born on 11 August 1881 at Rugby. She read history at Oxford but was primarily interested in writing. Her first novel, ABBOTS VERNEY, was published when she was 25; then followed such celebrated novels as POTTERISM (1920), CREWE TRAIN (1926) and THEY WERE DEFEATED (1932). The Second World War interrupted this success - her home was destroyed by a bomb, she was bereaved more than once and she suffered serious ill health. However in the 1950s she overcame her misfortunes. Her novel THE TOWERS OF TREBIZOND won her the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1956, and in 1958 she was created a Dame of the British Empire. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (July 24, 1986)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0192813161
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192813169
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,298,015 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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