The Last Englishman: The Double Life of Arthur Ransome - Couverture rigide

Chambers, Roland

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ISBN 10 : 1567924174 ISBN 13 : 9781567924176

Editeur : David R Godine Pub, 2012

Synopsis

The Last Englishman British ed.: London: Faber and Faber, 2009.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Arthur Ransome is best remembered as the author of the series of books that began with Swallows and Amazons and sold millions of copies around the world. But before he became the jolly Lakeland storyteller, offering idyllic images of brave children messing about in boats, Ransome had spent a decade in Russia and lived a very different life as a spokesman for authoritarianism and violence. He went there in 1913 as a struggling young freelance writer and made friends with leading Russian liberals, and wrote a fine book of tales based on Russian folk legends. But as the country sank into chaos and war, Ransome was caught up in the whirlwind of revolution. Always impressionable and eager to please, he gained the confidence of the Bolshevik leadership and became, for three crucial years, their main defender and propagandist in the West. His reports in the "Guardian" were uncritical and disingenuous. "MI6" considered him an agent of a foreign power; British officials argued that he should not be allowed to return to Britain. Yet at the same time, while Ransome was so intimate with the Communist leadership that he could get exclusive interviews with Lenin - who he portrayed as an avuncular, folksy, straight-talking politician - he was also offering to help elements of the British intelligence services with information about what was going on in Russia.

Biographie de l'auteur

Roland Chambers studied film and literature in Poland and at New York University before returning to England in 1998. He has worked as a private investigator specialising in Russian politics and business, and is also a children's author. He currently divides his time between London and Connecticut, where his wife teaches literature at Yale. The Last Englishman is his first biography.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: David R Godine Pub
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1567924174
• ISBN 13: 9781567924176
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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