In this evocative memoir Michael Levey recreates a between-the-wars English childhood outwardly ordinary and undramatic, but inwardly rich, stirring, sometimes bewildering, and altogether far from typical, not least in its pervasive Catholic ethos.An only child, intensely self-aware, devout, yet questioning, as well as imaginative, drawn to Shakespeare and the theatre, and to all things visual, he grew up in Leigh-on-Sea on the Essex coast. He attended a succession of Catholic schools, before joining the Army at the very end of the War. Notably entertaining is his account of service life, spent partly in Egypt, as is the final chapter, which finds him arriving at the National Gallery in London, to begin a career that would culminate in his being appointed Director.With its precise evocation of a child's relationship with the world around him and with his parents - a couple united in reticent affection and intelligence, but totally opposed in temperament - The Chapel is on Fire will surely become a classic in the literature of childhood.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
ISBN-13
9780712665100
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94453486
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Chapel Is on Fire
Author
Michael Levey
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Memorials, Beliefs
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
134mm
Item Weight
308g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Michael Levey
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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