Alfred Tennyson
Sir Charles Bruce Locker Tennyson, CMG (1879-1977)
Category
Books
Date
1949
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 3091378
Summary
The life and works of the poet, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, written by his grandson (https://www.questia.com/library/7601516/alfred-tennyson) Book gifted by: Charles Tennyson Book Inscription Signature: Unsigned Book Inscription: To Mr. & Mrs. Winston Churchill from the author with deep admiration & respect. “not once or twice in our rough island story The path of duty was the way to glory” [a quote from Tennyson’s poem ‘An Ode to the Death of the Duke of Wellington’] Date of Inscription: July 1949
Bibliographic description
xv, [1], 579, [1] p. . 22cm.. UNVERIFIED. Shelflist entry - state unknown. Read by Clemmie in 1950. Provenance: Inscribed by the author.zManuscript note "Read [by Lady Clementine?] in Madeira 1950". Provenance: Inscribed "To Mr. & Mrs. Winston Churchill from the author with deep admiration & respect.“not once or twice in our rough island story The path of duty was the way to glory” July 1949" [a quote from Tennyson’s poem ‘An Ode to the Death of the Duke of Wellington’]. Binding: grey cloth.
Makers and roles
Sir Charles Bruce Locker Tennyson, CMG (1879-1977)