Hilaire Belloc
Written by Hilaire Belloc
Narrated by Joyce Greenfell
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Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc was born in France in 1870. As a child, he moved with his mother and siblings to England. As a French citizen, he did his military service in France before going to Oxford University, where he was president of the Union debating society. He took British citizenship in 1902 and was a member of parliament for several years. A prolific and versatile writer of over 150 books, he is best remembered for his comic and light verse. But he also wrote extensively about politics, history, nature and contemporary society. Famously adversarial, he is remembered for his long-running feud with H. G. Wells. He died in in Surrey, England, in 1953.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wonderful, witty verse by Hilaire Belloc. Terrific reading by Joyce Grenville. Only one strange thing in the editing of the recording. There are no pauses between poems at all which gives one no time to enjoy the end of one before the next one has started. In fact sometimes they almost cross over, the timing is so tight!
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