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Author:

Hastings, Selina.

Title:

The secret lives of Somerset Maugham : a biography / Selina Hastings.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

626 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Maugham, W. Somerset--(William Somerset),--1874-1965.
Authors, English--20th century--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [555]-602) and index. "This work was originally published in the United Kingdom by John Murray Publishers, London, in 2009, in a slightly different form"--T.p. verso.

Contents:

A Blackstable boyhood -- At St. Thomas's Hospital -- A writer by instinct -- Le chat blanc -- England's dramatist -- Syrie -- Code name "Somerville" -- Behind The painted veil -- A world of veranda and prahu -- Separation -- The Villa Mauresque -- Master Hacky -- The teller of tales -- An exercise in propaganda -- The Bronzino boy -- Betrayal.

ISBN:

1400061415 (acid-free paper)
9781400061419 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)434745146

LCCN:

2009035797

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)