First Childhood - Paperback

by Lord Gerald Hugh Tyrwitt-Wilson Berners (Author)

A stylish and witty autobiography, a subtle masterpiece of understatement.

• "Quietly remarkable...alive with unforgotten terrors and unforgiven indignities." -Alan Hollinghurst

244 pages

Price: $14.95

Publication Date: April 10, 2010

ISBN: 978-1-885983-31-2

Genre: Nonfiction

Author Biography

Lord Berners (1883-1950) was a composer, novelist, painter, memoirist, conspicuous aesthete and the real life character on whom Nancy Mitford based Lord Merlin in The Pursuit of Love. This versatile peer has been called the English Satie. His ballets have been choreographed by Balanchine and Ashton.