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Stephen Spender : the authorized biography

by John Sutherland

This authorised biography traces the life of the British writer, from his Oxford education and time in Weimar Germany with W.H. Auden to his service as a fireman during the Second World War and his subsequent international career.

Accession 23773 ISBN 0670883034 Publisher Viking
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