Great Morning

Autobiography #3

by Osbert Sitwell

Book by Sitwell, Osbert

Genres: Nonfiction

323 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1947

About the author

Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, Bt.

Reviews

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume covers the period just before the First World War, and finishes with its outbreak (with a little bit of jumping forward in time too). As with the earlier volumes it's a vivid picture of the vanished world of Edwardian excess. Not exactly a misery memoir as it is far too cheerful for that, but Osbert Sitwell certainly did mean everyone to know that his father was a difficult man! There are some very funny moments, but you also have to wonder at his father's complete lack of self-awareness and the warped values, squandering huge amounts of money on vanity projects.

[Steve Clark]

Edition: Reprint