A war book with a difference ...an important addition to the history of those times ...here is a book to read and enjoy.' - The Sunday Times; 'Unconventional by virtue of the intelligent, genuine and honest manner in which it is written ...unusually valuable.' - Spectator; 'Fascinating, enthralling ...I recommend this book without qualification.' - Daily Mirror

In a writing career which covered the first 50 years of the 20th century, Rose Macaulay produced 23 novels, 6 books of criticism, 4 books of travel and history and 2 collections of poetry as well as a large correspondence. This biography is a lively portrait of the idiosyncratic figure who became so well known in London social and literary circles.

This classic biography has been reissued with a new foreword by Phillip Errington, who is the Journal Editor and Archivist of the John Masefield Society. John Edward Masefield (June 1878-May 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembered as the author of the classic children's novels, "The Midnight Folk" and "The Box of Delights", two novels "Captain Margaret" and "Multitude and Solitude" and a great deal of memorable poetry, including "The Everlasting Mercy", and "Sea-Fever", from his anthology "Salt Water Ballads".

A war book with a difference ...an important addition to the history of those times ...here is a book to read and enjoy.' - The Sunday Times; 'Unconventional by virtue of the intelligent, genuine and honest manner in which it is written ...unusually valuable.' - Spectator; 'Fascinating, enthralling ...I recommend this book without qualification.' - Daily Mirror

In a writing career which covered the first 50 years of the 20th century, Rose Macaulay produced 23 novels, 6 books of criticism, 4 books of travel and history and 2 collections of poetry as well as a large correspondence. This biography is a lively portrait of the idiosyncratic figure who became so well known in London social and literary circles.

This classic biography has been reissued with a new foreword by Phillip Errington, who is the Journal Editor and Archivist of the John Masefield Society. John Edward Masefield (June 1878-May 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembered as the author of the classic children's novels, "The Midnight Folk" and "The Box of Delights", two novels "Captain Margaret" and "Multitude and Solitude" and a great deal of memorable poetry, including "The Everlasting Mercy", and "Sea-Fever", from his anthology "Salt Water Ballads".