{"product_id":"john-masefield-a-life-9780750937023","title":"John Masefield: A Life","description":"Born in Ledbury in 1878, John Masefield was apprenticed under sail before spending several years in the US. On his return to England he worked as a journalist for the \u003ci\u003eManchester Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and other newspapers, and his first poems were published at the start of last century. In 1911 \u003ci\u003eThe Everlasting Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e was published and caused a sensation with its brutal realism; over the next two decades he established himself as a poet, playwright, novelist, and historian. He enjoyed the friendship of Robert Graves and Yeats, and was appointed Poet Laureate in 1930. He died in 1967. Constance Babington-Smith received the full co-operation and support of Masefield's family, and has access to many previously unpublished papers and letters. The result is a well-rounded and absorbing biography of one of the best-loved English poets, one whose reputation has been in the doldrums for far too long.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780750937023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Constance Babington Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41596135211189,"sku":"9780750937023","price":22.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2a19ca52-412e-450e-9243-ffcd5ee5cda2.jpg?v=1644333518","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/john-masefield-a-life-9780750937023","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}