Fame Is The Spur - Couverture souple

Spring, Howard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1163808202 ISBN 13 : 9781163808207

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Fame Is The Spur is a novel by British author Howard Spring. The story follows the life of Hamer Shawcross, a young man from a working-class family in Manchester, as he rises to become a prominent politician and leader of the Labour Party. The book spans several decades, from the early 20th century to the aftermath of World War II, and covers Shawcross's personal and professional struggles as he navigates the complex world of politics and power. Along the way, he faces challenges from his own party, as well as from the conservative establishment, and must make difficult decisions that will shape the course of his career and his personal life. The novel is a sweeping epic that explores themes of class, ambition, and the nature of political power, and is widely regarded as a classic of British literature.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Hamer Shawcross is born into a poor but aspirational working-class family in Manchester. Studious and hard-working, he becomes a socialist activist, goes into politics and rises to becomes part of the privileged upper classes he began by opposing. Hamer's trajectory is mirrored by the rise of the Labour movement in Britain from the mid-19th century to the 1930s.

This wonderfully perceptive study of a career politician serves as a telling elegy for the Labour Party.

Biographie de l'auteur

Howard Spring (1889-1965) won worldwide fame with his bestselling novel O Absalom! afterwards reissued as My Son, My Son to avoid a clash with William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! He settled in Cornwall, the setting for books that followed, such as Fame Is the Spur (1940), Hard Facts (1944), and The Houses in Between (1951).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1163808202
• ISBN 13: 9781163808207
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 736
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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