John Betjeman: A Bibliography

The one significant omission in William S. Peterson's magisterial bibliography of Sir John Betjeman (1906‐1984) is a basic chronology of the poet's life and activities. Betjeman (born Betjemann) represents the quintessence of Englishness. His many faces represent the idiosyncratic, the conservative, the highly amusing, public school, the right Oxford College (Magdalen), prep school teacher, marriage to a Field Marshall's daughter (lovers on the side – more are emerging as time goes by), intelligence work, journalism, a radio and television personality, campaigner for threatened architecture, devoted Anglican, and above all, poet.

John Betjeman: A Bibliography is the fullest bibliography of its...