New Title: The Life of Alcibiades - E. F. Benson; Craig Paterson, ed. Viewforth Press

The Life of Alcibiades: The Idol of Athens 

E. F. Benson (Author)

Dr. Craig Paterson (Editor, Introduction)

 

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Alcibiades (ca. 450 BC-ca. 404 BC), was the charismatic and controversial bisexual Athenian general and politician who promoted the Peloponnesian war against rival Sparta, who subsequently inspired Athens's failed Sicilian Expedition, and who later allied himself with two of Athens's biggest enemies: Sparta and Persia. His actions gravely affected the future of Athens and his motives and reasons for acting as he did are indeed the stuff of fascinating biography.

Alcibiades's extraordinary beauty, great wealth, ostentatious vanity, male and female amours, debaucheries, and impious revels earned him notoriety not only in Athens but throughout the Hellenic world. In subsequent ages his name was used as a near byword for all kinds of excess. But, as Benson argues, reappraising Alcibiades's reputation, great as were his vices, his virtues were even greater ...

Although The Life of Alcibiades was originally published in 1928, and there have been other newer detailed works published on Alcibiades since then, no other work captures the passion and the excitement of the brilliant but erratic career of Alcibiades as Benson's biography does. As the reader will discover, Benson evidently has much sympathy for his subject and this brings the entire biography to life. He combines detailed research, especially his use of primary materials from Thucydides and Plutarch, with writing flare, not an easy accomplishment.

Front cover photograph: "Alcibiades", Ideal Male Portrait. Marble. Roman copy after a Greek original of the 4th century BC. Palazzo dei Conservatori, Hall of the Triumphs. Back cover photograph: E. F. Benson, aged 26.

 

Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was a prolific and much loved English novelist, biographer and short story writer. He was educated at Marlborough College, King's College, Cambridge (where he obtained a first in classics) and the British School of Archaeology in Athens. Benson is most famous for a series of comic novels he published during the 1920's and 1930's--"Mapp and Lucia". Benson was awarded an MBE and was made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.

Dr. Craig Paterson is a philosopher and author. He now lives in Los Angeles, California. 

LCCN: 2010939675 - ISBN/EAN13: 1456303333 / 9781456303334 - Page Count: 310 - Binding Type: US Trade Paper - Trim Size: 6" x 9" - Language: English Related Categories: History / Ancient / Greece.

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New Title -- The Harrovians -- Arnold Lunn

The Harrovians: A Tale of Public School Life(Au

ARNOLD LUNN (Author)

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First published as a novel in 1914, The Harrovians was based on Arnold Lunn's diary which he kept while he was a boy at Harrow School from 1902 to 1906. The novel was the first critical account of public school life to be published in Britain. The release of the novel had a considerable impact on readers because it provided a realistic and unsettling view of public school life. The novel stood in marked contrast to the rosy corpus of public school fiction and memoirs that had gone before. The Victorian and Edwardian public school system that existed was hitherto generally accepted as an indelible part of the education of an English gentleman. Until the publication of Lunn's novel, there had been no effective criticism of the reasons behind many of its rules and rituals. Lunn’s novel broke new ground and helped unleash a wave of criticism aimed at reforming the public school system.

The Harrovians--a controversial best-seller when it was first released--is a very engaging and well written story--one that richly deserves to be picked up and enjoyed by a new generation of readers.

Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn (1888-1974), was an Indian born British skier, mountaineer and writer. He was knighted for his services to British Skiing and Anglo-Swiss relations in 1952.

LCCN: 2010939674 -- ISBN/EAN13: 1453809481 / 9781453809488 -- Page Count: 294 -- Binding Type: US Trade Paper -- Trim Size: 6" x 9" -- Language: English -- Color: Black and White -- Related Categories: Fiction / Classics.

Rudyard Kipling - "An English School" and "Regulus": Two School Stories - Craig Paterson, Introduction

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"An English School" and "Regulus": 

Two School Stories by Rudyard Kipling

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Two of Kipling's short school stories are brought together for the first time in this Viewforth classics publication: "An English School" and "Regulus".  The intention in publishing them together is to illustrate how Kipling's own life experiences at the United Services College coloured and shaped his subsequent schoolboy "Stalky" fiction stories. "Regulus" is chosen as the best example of Kipling's fictional writing in this genre.

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was a British author and poet. He was the first British writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Introduction by Dr. Craig Paterson.

Photo:  The former United Services College Buildings, ca. 1944.

LCCN: 2010938339 -- ISBN/EAN13: 1453849629 / 9781453849620 -- Page Count: 74 -- Binding.

New title -- David of King's -- E. F. Benson (Author) -- Craig Paterson (ed.)

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David of King's

E. F. Benson (Author); Dr. Craig Paterson (Editor, Introduction, Notes)

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David of King's is E.F. Benson's witty and well-observed novel of varsity life set at King's College, Cambridge during the early part of the 20th century. The novel was first published in 1924 when Benson was in his later fifties. The work was penned by Benson because of the success he had enjoyed with David Blaize, his schoolboy novel, first published in 1916. David of King's takes off where David Blaize ends. The novel covers three years of Blaize's undergraduate life. Enjoy more tales of Blaize and his different friendships with Maddox and Bags as they live and learn together as King'smen. 

David of King's is, above all, a "jolly enjoyable" read. Benson tells an absorbing story and he draws the reader into the cultural and social world of Blaize at King's College and more generally of Cambridge University. His stories of Blaize's encounters with colourful and eccentric dons--A.G. and Mr. Crowfoot--based on the real life characters O.B. (Oscar Browning) and Mr. J.E. Nixon--are absolute gems of affectionate humour and should not be missed.

This Viewforth Classic edition is a newly prepared and corrected version of the original text. Edited, with introduction and notes, by Dr. Craig Paterson.

Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was a prolific and much loved English novelist, biographer and short story writer. He was educated at Marlborough College, King's College, Cambridge and the British School of Archaeology in Athens. Benson is most famous for a series of comic novels he published during the 1920's and 1930's--"Mapp and Lucia"--set in the small fictitious coastal town of Tilling. Benson was awarded an OBE by the King and was also made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He served as Mayor of the town of Rye from 1934-1937.

Craig Paterson, Ph.D. is a philosopher and author. He now lives in Los Angeles, California.

LCCN: 2010937454 -- ISBN/EAN13: 1453802819 / 9781453802816 -- Page Count: 300 -- Binding Type: US Trade Paper -- Trim Size: 6" x 9" -- Language: English -- Color: Black and White -- Related Categories: Fiction / Classics.

New Title: David Blaize - E. F. Benson; Craig Paterson, ed. Viewforth Press

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David Blaize is E. F. Benson's delightfully nostalgic novel of English public school life. Benson follows young David Blaize from his time at preparatory school to his entry to the sixth form at Marchester College. The novel draws heavily on the author's own schoolboy experiences when at Temple Grove and then Marlborough College. Benson, better than most writers in this genre, memorably evokes the trials and tribulations of life in an English public school during the late Victorian period. The pages resonate with wit and humour. The reader is invited to follow young Blaize as he deals with eccentric masters, experiences halcyon days on the cricket field, frets over dreaded parental visits, and experiences personal growth through a platonic friendship with Maddox, a senior boy at Marchester ...

This is a newly edited and corrected version of the text. It contains a specially commissioned introduction as well as explanatory notes by Craig Paterson.

Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was a prolific and much loved English novelist, biographer and short story writer. He was educated at Marlborough College, King's College, Cambridge and the British School of Archaeology in Athens. Benson is most famous for a series of comic novels he published during the 1920's and 1930's--"Mapp and Lucia"--set in the small fictitious coastal town of Tilling. Benson was awarded an OBE by the King and was also made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He served as Mayor of the town of Rye from 1934-1937.

Craig Paterson is a philosopher and author. He now lives in Los Angeles, California.

David Blaize
Authored by E. F. Benson
Introduction and notes by Craig Paterson
Edited by Craig Paterson

Publication Date:Sep 01 2010

ISBN/EAN13: 1453763104 / 9781453763100
Page Count:338
Binding Type:US Trade Paper
Trim Size:6" x 9"
Language:English
Color:Black and White
Related Categories:Fiction / Classics

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Viewforth Press - Selection of forthcoming titles

• David of King's by E. F. Benson.

• The Babe, B.A. by E. F. Benson.

• Maurice by E. M. Forster.

• The Harrovians by Arnold Lunn.

• Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey.

• The Loom of Youth by Alex Waugh.

Forthcoming Title: David of King's by E. F. Benson

New Title: David Blaize - E. F. Benson; Craig Paterson, ed.

David Blaize by E. F. Benson; Craig Paterson, ed.

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David Blaize is E. F. Benson's delightfully nostalgic novel of English public school life. Benson follows young David Blaize from his time at preparatory school to his entry to the sixth form at Marchester College. The novel draws heavily on the author's own schoolboy experiences when at Temple Grove and then Marlborough College. Benson, better than most writers in this genre, memorably evokes the trials and tribulations of life in an English public school during the late Victorian period. The pages resonate with wit and humour. The reader is invited to follow young Blaize as he deals with eccentric masters, experiences halcyon days on the cricket field, frets over dreaded parental visits, and experiences personal growth through a platonic friendship with Maddox, a senior boy at Marchester ...

This is a newly edited and corrected version of the text. It contains a specially commissioned introduction as well as explanatory notes by Craig Paterson.

Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was a prolific and much loved English novelist, biographer and short story writer. He was educated at Marlborough College, King's College, Cambridge and the British School of Archaeology in Athens. Benson is most famous for a series of comic novels he published during the 1920's and 1930's--"Mapp and Lucia"--set in the small fictitious coastal town of Tilling. Benson was awarded an OBE by the King and was also made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He served as Mayor of the town of Rye from 1934-1937.

Craig Paterson is a philosopher and author. He now lives in Los Angeles, California.

David Blaize
Authored by E. F. Benson
Introduction and notes by Craig Paterson
Edited by Craig Paterson

Publication Date:Sep 01 2010

ISBN/EAN13: 1453763104 / 9781453763100
Page Count:338
Binding Type:US Trade Paper
Trim Size:6" x 9"
Language:English
Color:Black and White
Related Categories:Fiction / Classics