Literary Reputations

When : 12th October 2012 - 1:00pm
Where : Manchester City Library
Price : Free

Matthew Hollis on Edward Thomas

Matthew Hollis discusses Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas, winner of the Costa Biography Award and the HW Fisher Biography Prize. The book focuses on Thomas’ extraordinary friendship with Robert Frost. In 1914 the two friends formed the ideas that would produce some of the most remarkable verse of the 20th century, but war put an ocean between them: Frost returned to the safety of New England while Thomas stayed to fight for the Old. It is these roads taken – and those not taken – that are at the heart of this remarkable book, which culminates in Thomas’ tragic death on Easter Monday 1917.

Friday 12th October
1pm
Manchester City Library, Becker Room
Tickets are free but booking is essential
Book on 0843 208 0500 or
http://www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/12th-october/literary-reputations

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