Richard Aldington

Vivien Whelpton

"Portrayal of the writer from early adolescence to the age of thirty-eight. Aldington's life as a stalwart of the pre-war London literary scene, as a soldier, and in the difficult aftermath of the First World War is deftly rendered through a careful and detailed analysis of the novels, poems and letters of the writer himself and his close circle of acquaintance." -- back cover.