Robert Graves was born in 1895 in Wimbledon. He went from school to the First World War, where he became a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He wrote his autobiography, Goodbye to All That, in 1929, and it was soon established as a modern classic. He died on 7 December 1985 in Majorca, his home since 1929.
A remarkable book ... Essential reading for the centenary of the
first world war—Guardian
One of the most candid self-portraits of a poet, warts and all,
ever painted—The Times Literary Supplement
We see the dark heart of the book even more clearly, and hear it
beating even more loudly, in this original edition than we do in
the comparatively careful and considered terms of the later
one—Andrew Motion
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