{"product_id":"2026200011758-secondhand-a-p-h-his-life-and-times","title":"A.P.H.: His Life And Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\n\nHerbert'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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130862313691,"sku":"2026200011758-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c40d344d-a87f-4f50-a240-5745aefb544f.png?v=1786591322","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011758-secondhand-a-p-h-his-life-and-times","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}