Holroyd, Michael — Lytton Strachey

Pimlico 2011 reprint. Paperback, VG. xxxvi+780pp, 16pp b/w & 8pp colour plates, index, edges a little rubbed & slight creasing to the spine. Critical biography of the author & Bloomsbury Group member Giles Lytton Strachey [ 1880 - 1932 ] who is best remembered for establishing a new form of biography himself where adulation sits along side irreverence & wit, coupled with a deep psychological unhderstanding of the subject. Holroyd's biography, whilst not strictly 'Stracheyesque' itself, is no less revolutionary, stylish & readable as one of Lytton's own biographies. This single volume paperback edition is a re-editing & combination of material from all the previous editions, which first were published in 1967.