Gerontius

by James Hamilton-Paterson

$25 · Offered by Good Books in the Woods

First edition

Softcover, London: Vintage Books, 1990. First Edition Thus. Near Fine. This book takes as its starting point a little-documented but real event in the life of Sir Edward Elgar - a six week cruise to the Amazon that he took in 1923 - and in telling the story of that journey explores melancholy and the waning of creative genius; post-war disillusionment; and the way in which England treats its

  • Binding: Softcover

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