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Halfway to Heaven: Concluding Memoirs of a Literary Life
Halfway to Heaven Concluding Memoirs of a Literary Life Author:Rupert Hart-Davis Rupert Hart-Davis recalls the last 50 years of his life, the many famous actors and writers he knew - including Peggy Ashcroft (his first wife), Joyce Grenfell, Arthur Ransome, Alistair Cooke and Hugh Walpole; the establishment of his publishing company; his great friedship with Siegfried Sassoon, whose letters and diaries he edited; and family ... more »life in Oxfordshire and Yorkshire. It is rich with anecdotes such as T.S. Eliot writing out The Waste Land for him to sell for charity and including a line missing from the original publication.« less