{"product_id":"a-very-english-hero-the-making-of-frank-thompson","title":"Very English Hero","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn untold story of love, idealism and courage in the Second World War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA very moving account of the all-too-brief life of a warrior-poet' \u003c\/b\u003eAntony Beevor, author of \u003ci\u003eStalingrad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn elegy for a lost generation, and a fascinating social and political history of a peculiar period in our recent past ... it's impossible to put down Conradi's impressive and moving account of Thompson's life without a feeling of regret.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eModest, handsome and a fine poet, eccentric Englishman Frank Thompson made an unlikely soldier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brother of E. P. Thompson and lover of Iris Murdoch, Frank was an intellectual idealist, a rare combination of brilliant mind and enormous heart. Of his wartime experiences, Frank wrote prodigiously. His letters, diaries and poetry still read fresh and intimate today - and it is from these that Peter J. Conradi brings vividly to life a brilliantly attractive and courageous personality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAged just twenty-three, Frank was captured, tortured and executed in Bulgaria. A soldier of principle and integrity, he fought a poet's war; a very English hero from a very different era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32089786908755,"sku":"","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781408830925_26889837-ea2b-456e-be0b-a154cfcd8275.jpg?v=1765028720","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/a-very-english-hero-the-making-of-frank-thompson","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}