The Seven Ages: Their Exits And Their Entrances
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First British Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good , ex-library
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Condition remarks: Light chipping at bottom of jacket spine. Jacket still structural.
A work of reflective autobiography and social history, The Seven Ages: Their Exits and Their Entrances chronicles the life and times of Christopher Hollis, the English Catholic writer, historian, and former Member of Parliament, drawing its organizing conceit from Shakespeare's famous seven ages of man speech in As You Like It. With wit and erudition, Hollis presents his personal journey from Edwardian England through the turbulent decades of the twentieth century, weaving his own experiences into a broader tapestry of political, intellectual, and religious life in Britain. The narrative illustrates the shifting currents of English society, touching on his time at Eton, his conversion to Catholicism, his political career, and his prolific career as an author and commentator. Written with the dry, self-deprecating humor characteristic of the English gentleman-scholar tradition, it offers an intimate yet historically rich portrait of a century defined by upheaval and transformation.
Author: Christopher Hollis
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, Heinemann, London
Genre: Biography
Edition: First British Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good , ex-library
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Condition remarks: Light chipping at bottom of jacket spine. Jacket still structural.
A work of reflective autobiography and social history, The Seven Ages: Their Exits and Their Entrances chronicles the life and times of Christopher Hollis, the English Catholic writer, historian, and former Member of Parliament, drawing its organizing conceit from Shakespeare's famous seven ages of man speech in As You Like It. With wit and erudition, Hollis presents his personal journey from Edwardian England through the turbulent decades of the twentieth century, weaving his own experiences into a broader tapestry of political, intellectual, and religious life in Britain. The narrative illustrates the shifting currents of English society, touching on his time at Eton, his conversion to Catholicism, his political career, and his prolific career as an author and commentator. Written with the dry, self-deprecating humor characteristic of the English gentleman-scholar tradition, it offers an intimate yet historically rich portrait of a century defined by upheaval and transformation.