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Anthony Powell

Hilary Spurling


  • Penguin UK
  • Hamish Hamilton
Anthony Powell: the literary genius who gave us A Dance to the Music of Time, an undisputed classic of English literature. Spanning twelve spectacular volumes and written over twenty-five years, his comic masterpiece teems with idiosyncratic characters, capturing twentieth century Britain through war and peace.

ISBN 9780241143834 | E | HB
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Publisher Penguin UK
ISBN 9780241143834
Publication date October 2017
Edition Hardback
Dimensions mm
Pages 504
Language(s) Eng. ed.
Exhibition Hamish Hamilton
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Anthony Powell: the literary genius who gave us A Dance to the Music of Time, an undisputed classic of English literature. Spanning twelve spectacular volumes and written over twenty-five years, his comic masterpiece teems with idiosyncratic characters, capturing twentieth century Britain through war and peace.

Drawing on Powell's letters and journals, and the memories of those who knew him, Hilary Spurling explores his life. Investigating the friends, relations, lovers, acquaintances, fools and geniuses who surrounded him, she reveals the comical and tragic events that inspired one of the greatest fictions of the age.