A.P.H.: His Life And Times
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
A titan of British wit, law, and letters finally turns the lens on himself — the result is a memoir as sharp, generous, and irrepressible as the man it portrays. A.P.H.: His Life and Times is Sir Alan Patrick Herbert's own account of his extraordinary life, chronicling his decades as a barrister, novelist, playwright, lyricist, Punch contributor, and Independent Member of Parliament for Oxford University, a career that spanned the most turbulent and transformative years of the twentieth century. Written with the characteristic warmth and incisive wit that made him a beloved public figure, the autobiography illuminates the social, cultural, and political landscape of Britain from the First World War through to the post-war era, offering an intimate portrait of a man who was perpetually at the heart of national life. Herbert's prose is effortlessly readable — anecdotal, self-deprecating, yet shot through with genuine intellectual substance — and his memoir stands as a significant document of British cultural history, preserving vivid first-hand impressions of Fleet Street, the West End stage, and the corridors of Westminster. A tireless campaigner for common sense in law, he successfully steered the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1937 through Parliament, a legislative achievement that transformed the lives of countless Britons. For anyone captivated by the golden age of English letters or the eccentricities of twentieth-century public life, this memoir raises an irresistible question: how did one man find time to do so much, and still make it all seem like such magnificent fun?
Author: Sir Alan Herbert, C.H.
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Heinemann
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
A titan of British wit, law, and letters finally turns the lens on himself — the result is a memoir as sharp, generous, and irrepressible as the man it portrays. A.P.H.: His Life and Times is Sir Alan Patrick Herbert's own account of his extraordinary life, chronicling his decades as a barrister, novelist, playwright, lyricist, Punch contributor, and Independent Member of Parliament for Oxford University, a career that spanned the most turbulent and transformative years of the twentieth century. Written with the characteristic warmth and incisive wit that made him a beloved public figure, the autobiography illuminates the social, cultural, and political landscape of Britain from the First World War through to the post-war era, offering an intimate portrait of a man who was perpetually at the heart of national life. Herbert's prose is effortlessly readable — anecdotal, self-deprecating, yet shot through with genuine intellectual substance — and his memoir stands as a significant document of British cultural history, preserving vivid first-hand impressions of Fleet Street, the West End stage, and the corridors of Westminster. A tireless campaigner for common sense in law, he successfully steered the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1937 through Parliament, a legislative achievement that transformed the lives of countless Britons. For anyone captivated by the golden age of English letters or the eccentricities of twentieth-century public life, this memoir raises an irresistible question: how did one man find time to do so much, and still make it all seem like such magnificent fun?