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The Birthday King By Gabriel Fielding

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Title:The Birthday King
Author:Gabriel Fielding
Format:Paperback
Page:335 pages
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The Birthday King describes Hitler s Germany from the inside of one wealthy industrialist family, part Jewish and part Catholic, entangled in political and financial alliance, frought with petty jealousies, treacheries, fears, and aspirations.


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Gabriel Fielding is the pseudonym of Alan Gabriel Barnsley, who was born in Hexham, Northumberland in 1916.The son of an Anglican Clergyman and descendent of Henry Fielding on his mother s side I remember a terrible separation when I was sent away at the age of eight, to a snob, preparatory school in the south of England, where everything and everyone, from the masters to the hens, seemed hostil Gabriel Fielding is the pseudonym of Alan Gabriel Barnsley, who was born in Hexham, Northumberland in 1916.The son of an Anglican Clergyman and descendent of Henry Fielding on his mother s side I remember a terrible separation when I was sent away at the age of eight, to a snob, preparatory school in the south of England, where everything and everyone, from the masters to the hens, seemed hostile I think this, in a sense, was the beginning of the pain, out of which I write Fielding studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin until 1939 failing to qualify there, he finished at St George s Hospital London After serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II he started a general medical practice and worked part time for Her Majesty s Prison, Maidstone, Kent until 1966 Medicine, to me, was the sentence I had to fulfill to be free to write He came to America in 1966 as author in residence at Washington State University Fielding remained there as a Professor of English and Creative Writing until his retirement in 1981 His works include The Frog Prince and Other Poems 1952 , Brotherly Love 1954 , Twenty Eight Poems 1955 , In the Time of Greenbloom 1956 , Eight Days 1958 , Through Streets Broad and Narrow 1961 , The Birthday King 1963 Gentlemen in their Season 1966 , New Queens for Old 1972 , Pretty Doll Houses 1972 and The Women of Guinea Lane 1986 Awards include St Thomas More Gold Medal 1963, W.H Smith Award in 1964, Honorary Doctorate of Literature, Gonzaga University 1966, Washington State Governor s Writer Award 1973, and Distinguished Professor Washington State University, 1981 It is a matter for grave doubt that Mr Fielding could write anything from a postcard to a lexicon without perception and grace and brilliance Dorothy Parker



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The Birthday King describes Hitler s Germany from the inside of one wealthy industrialist family, part Jewish and part Catholic, entangled in
The Birthday King
335 pagesGabriel Fielding

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