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Henry John Newbolt was born in Bilston, Wolverhampton (then located in Staffordshire, but now in the West Midlands), son of the vicar of St Mary's Church, the Rev. Henry Francis Newbolt, and his second wife, Emily née Stubbs.
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During the First World War the fate of Britain was seen to be staked upon the outcome of the submarine and anti-submarine campaign. Following centuries of experiments, the submarine made its first real impact in naval warfare during the American Civil War, but it was the years 1914-18 that cemented its place. Such was the advance submarines represented that they proved a thorny issue with regards to the conventions that combatants were supposed to abide by. Silently lurking beneath the waves even passenger and hospital ships were no longer safe, forcing the Admiralty to come up with effective anti-submarine measures. From destroyers and P-boats, Q-boats to trawlers, even the submarines themselves would fight duels with the U-boats in their quest to retain mastery of the seas. Focusing on this aspect of the war at sea, Newbolt relates many of the extraordinary incidents that defined this arduous campaign, from the Baltic to the North Sea via the Sea of Marmora. A profoundly interesting book on the submarine war. The Spectator Henry Newbolt (1862-1938) was born in Wolverhampton, and went on to become a poet, novelist and historian. He was also a very powerful government adviser. He is perhaps best remembered for his poems Vitaï Lampada and Drake's Drum.
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Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft and cement their place in our heritage. In this volume we look at the works of the English poet Henry John Newbolt. Born in Bilston, Wolverhampton on June 6th, 1862. The son of the vicar of St Mary's Church, the Rev. Henry Francis Newbolt, and his second wife, Emily. After his father's death, the family moved to Walsall, where Henry was educated. First at Queen Mary's Grammar School and then Caistor Grammar School, from where a scholarship took him to Clifton College, where he was head of the school (1881) and edited the school magazine. He married Margaret Edina Duckworth of the prominent publishing family; they had two children; a boy, Francis and a daughter, Celia. However behind the prim Edwardian exterior lay a complicated domestic life: a ménage à trois. His wife had a long running lesbian affair with her childhood love, Ella Coltman, who accompanied them on their honeymoon. As an artist he is most widely known for the classic poem of Empire Vitai Lampada, written in 1892. The title is from a quotation by Lucretius meaning 'the torch of life'. It refers to how a schoolboy, a future soldier, learns selfless commitment to duty in cricket matches in the famous Close at Clifton College. He was to write several novels but it is his poetry which caught the publics attention and we have gathered together the best of his work here in this volume. Newbolt was knighted in 1915 and made a Companion of Honour in 1922. He died at his home in Campden Hill, Kensington on April 19th 1938, aged 75 and was buried in the churchyard of St Marys Church on an island in the lake of the Orchardleigh Estate of the Duckworth family in Somerset. Many of the poems are also available as an audiobook from our sister company Portable Poetry. Many samples are at our youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/PortablePoetry?feature=mhee The full volume can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon and other digital stores. Among the readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe
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Henry John Newbolt was born in Bilston, Wolverhampton (then located in Staffordshire, but now in the West Midlands), son of the vicar of St Mary's Church, the Rev. Henry Francis Newbolt, and his second wife, Emily née Stubbs.
He was educated at Clifton College and Oxford and later achieved distinction in many capacities: among others, as lawyer, editor, Oxford professor, critic, naval historian, and vice-president of the Royal Society of Literature.
Newbolt's verse is curiously readable, despite his very moderate poetic talents. In it he successfully exploited patriotism, manliness, sportsmanship, and British naval heroism. His poetry includes Admirals All (1897), The Sailing of the Long Ships (1902), and Songs of the Sea (1904). Poems Old and New appeared in 1912 and Drake's Drum in 1914. His prose includes the novels The Old Country (1906) and The New June (1909), and the critical work A New Study of English Poetry (1917). Newbolt was knighted in 1915 and died in London on April 19, 1938.
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( Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a ...)
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(The Book of the Thin Red Line)
Quotations:
"To set the cause above renown, To love the game beyond the prize, To honor, while you strike him down, The foe that comes with fearless eyes To count the life of battle good and dear the land that gave you birth, And dearer yet the brotherhood. .. "
"Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong. "
He was also a member of the Athenaeum and the Coefficients dining club.
Newbolt married Margaret Edwina née Duckworth of the prominent publishing family; they had two children.