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The real Kenneth Grahame

Hardcover • 2021 • English

The real Kenneth Grahame: the tragedy behind The wind in the willows

By Elisabeth Galvin

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About the book

"He wrote one of the most quintessentially English books, yet Kenneth Grahame (1859 -1932) was a Scot. He was four years old when his mother died and his father became an alcoholic, so Kenneth grew up with his grandmother who lived on the banks of the beloved River Thames. Forced to abandon his dreams of studying at Oxford, he was accepted as a clerk at the Bank of England where he became one of the youngest men to be made company secretary. He narrowly escaped death in 1903 when he was mistaken...Show more

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ISBN

9781526748805

Publisher

White Owl, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Published year

2021

Language

English

Original title

The real Kenneth Grahame

Format

Hardcover

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