Richard West (1) (1930–2015)
Författare till Chaucer: 1340-1400: The Life and Times of the First English Poet
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Verk av Richard West
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The White Tribes of Africa 4 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- West, Richard Leaf
- Födelsedag
- 1930-07-18
- Avled
- 2015-04-25
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Födelseort
- Chelsea, London, England, UK
- Dödsort
- Deal, Kent, England, UK
- Utbildning
- Marlborough College, Wiltshire, England, UK
Magdalene College, Cambridge University - Yrken
- Journalist
- Relationer
- Kenny, Mary (wife)
Symonds, John Addington (great-grandfather)
West, Timothy (first cousin)
Leaf, Walter (grandfather)
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Listor
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Statistik
- Verk
- 15
- Medlemmar
- 343
- Popularitet
- #69,543
- Betyg
- 3.5
- Recensioner
- 11
- ISBN
- 95
- Språk
- 2
The summary of john257hopper below is a perfectly good summary of the biography. The chapters about his written work tend to be plot summaries of Defoe's books themselves, and so spoilers if they remain unread.
None the less, a good biography about a pioneer in novel writing and a foremost among pamphleteers. Poor Defoe did suffer for much of his life through poor investment and subsequent debt.… (mer)