{"product_id":"julian-grenfell","title":"Julian Grenfell","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"std\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 274px;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/Julian_with_mother_copy.jpg?v=1593032525\u0026amp;width=700\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePREFACE BY THE AUTHOR\u003cbr\u003e432pp\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780953478095\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis biography of the First World War poet Julian Grenfell, first published in 1976, is, we believe, one of the best biographies of recent times – partly because so much of it is about his mother, the fascinating but maddening Ettie Desborough. It is quite short compared with many modern biographies, and very readably written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe subtitle is 'His life and the times of his death' and by that, as the author explains in a new Preface, he 'meant to convey the idea that Julian Grenfell's short life was circumscribed by the time into which he was born; that to a young man from Julian's background who grew up in the years leading to the First World War, the style and attitudes of the society around him were such that the chance of death was something almost to be welcomed as a way of dealing with the predicaments that confronted him.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJulian and his generation seemed to want to die in battle: to help the reader towards an understanding of this is the main theme of the book. It also brings Edwardian society to life, as well as describing in detail his relationship with his mother: this is the strongest element in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJulian Grenfell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, stronger even than the theme of the welcoming of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003eThe fabric for \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulian Grenfell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was designed in the year of his birth, 1888. It is a blockprinted cotton velveteen attributed to Thomas Wardle, who had worked with William Morris, a favourite of Julian's parents' friends, 'The Souls'. It is called 'Poppies' – the flower that would later become the symbol of the millions killed in the 1914-18 war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePicture Caption\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eJulian Grenfell with his mother Ettie Desborough\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nicholas Mosley","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098758271283,"sku":"tfe1789694435073","price":29.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue\/Endpaper","offer_id":54098758304051,"sku":"ctg1789694435074","price":30.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint paper","offer_id":54098758336819,"sku":"qqa1789694435075","price":34.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric napkin","offer_id":54098758369587,"sku":"cqd1789694435076","price":43.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/julian-grenfell_1.jpg?v=1789694440","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/julian-grenfell","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}