Rossetti: His Life and Works Bourke and Benedict XV

and Benedict XV

including Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books and Alice Dalgliesh’s The Thanksgiving Story

Paperback: 524pp

First published in 1934

which together offer an easy guidebook to St

Rossetti: His Life and Works Bourke and Benedict XVBy Evelyn Waugh A plain account of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, his life and works, may merit interest and attention for two reasons, writes Evelyn Waugh. First, taking Rossetti simply as a character for a story, his life is one of intense interest; second, his turgid and perverse genius provides a needed kick to conventional aesthetic standards. A fascinating account of Rossettis consistently mysterious, at times vapid, but ultimately tragic life