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Anthony West


Born
in The United Kingdom
August 04, 1914

Died
December 27, 1987

Genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction


Son of British authors Rebecca West and H. G. Wells, his best-known book is 'H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life', a biography of his father. 'Heritage' wax culled from autobiographical material so that Dame Rebecca West threatened to sue any English publisher who printed it. None did until after her death.

Not to be confused with the Irish author Anthony C. West. ...more

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Average rating: 3.65 · 101 ratings · 32 reviews · 53 distinct works • Similar authors
The Crusades
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3.64 avg rating — 47 ratings — 2 editions
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H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life
3.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1984 — 7 editions
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Heritage
3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1986 — 12 editions
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Elizabethan England
3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1965
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Mortal Wounds
4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1975 — 3 editions
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All About the Crusades
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1967
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On a dark night
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Vintage
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1950
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David Rees among others
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions
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Atrophy
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1964
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“Sometimes, the words we speak are not the words we want to say.”
― Anthony West
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