Winner of the Whitbread Biography Award: A “profoundly moving [and] definitive” portrait of George Orwell, author of 1984 and larger-than-life literary genius (The Daily Telegraph). It was not easy to bury George Orwell.
This, the first biography to draw on a close study of the new "Complete Works", sheds a new light on this extraordinary literary figure through interviews with family and friends, and research into material in the Orwell archive.
... George Blair , Jr. , who remains district manager of the Phil- adelphia office , Mr. Blair has promoted Al- fred F ... in author has had extensive busine beginning 35 years ago as con retary in the executive departm shall Field ...
In the end, Churchill and Orwell proved their age's necessary men. The glorious climax of Churchill and Orwell is the work they both did in the decade of the 1940's to triumph over freedom's enemies.
... University , 1974 ; Samuel M. Kipp III , " Urbanization , Employment , and Race Relations in Greensboro , North ... George Simkins ; Ezell Blair , Sr .; Otis Hair- ston ; Nell Coley ; J. D. Tarpley ; A. Knighton ( Tony ) Stanley ...
The Ministry of Truth is the first book that fully examines the epochal and cultural event that is 1984 in all its aspects: its roots in the utopian and dystopian literature that preceded it; the personal experiences in wartime Great ...
Taylor tells the story of the writing of the book, taking readers to the Scottish island of Jura, where Orwell, newly famous thanks to Animal Farm but coping with personal tragedy and rapidly declining health, struggled to finish 1984.
... Blair , ed . , A Politician Goes To War ( University Park , PA , 1995 ) , p . 210n ; Private Harrington ( Company G , 123rd N.Y. ) letter to his parents , dated November 7 , 1864 ( copy in author's possession ) ; Rev. George S. Bradley ...
Enough About You is a book about David Shields.
Hamilton examines their unique characters, their paths to Pennsylvania Avenue, their effectiveness as global leaders, and their lessons in governance, both good and bad.