In memoriam: Auberon Herbert, captain lord Lucas, Royal flying corps, killed November 3, 1916
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This book was digitized and reprinted from the collections of the University of California Libraries. It was produced from digital images created through the libraries’ mass digitization efforts. The digital images were cleaned and prepared for printing through automated processes.
(Reserved and unworldly, young Miles Consterdine and his e...)
Reserved and unworldly, young Miles Consterdine and his epiphanic trip to Paris is Maurice Baring’s first bead on this thread of a story based on impressions received by the author in Russia and Manchuria during wartime. From here Baring allows us to peek through windows opening onto tragic and comic episodes in the lives of noteworthy people in remarkable circumstances.
(The story of a miraculous relic, believed to be a piece o...)
The story of a miraculous relic, believed to be a piece of the seamless coat won by a soldier on Mount Golgotha after Jesus of Nazareth’s crucifixion, captivates young Christopher Trevenen after his sister dies tragically and motivates the very core of his existence from then on, culminating in a profound and tragic realisation.
(This historical novel tells the tragic story of Mary Quee...)
This historical novel tells the tragic story of Mary Queen of Scots, from her childhood until the beginning of her end, whose unwise marital and political actions provoked rebellion among Scottish nobles and forced her to flee to England, where she was beheaded as a Roman Catholic threat to the throne. The clash of opinion over whether Mary was a martyr or a murderess is perfectly represented by four eye-witnesses (The Four Maries – her ladies-in-waiting) who narrate this captivating story with distinctive conclusions.
(This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)
This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work.
(This sophisticated and intricate novel, based on true eve...)
This sophisticated and intricate novel, based on true events, takes place in the late nineteenth century and begins with Henry Clifford, a man of taste and worldly philosophy, whose simple determination to do as he likes and live as he wishes is threatened when his daughter falls in love with an unsuitable man. With subtle twists and turns in a fascinating portrait of society, Maurice Baring conveys the moral that love is too strong to be overcome by mere mortals.
(Barrister Basil Wake and his arresting wife Hyacinth lead...)
Barrister Basil Wake and his arresting wife Hyacinth lead a well-appointed existence in the social whirl of London’s early 1900s. For eight years Hyacinth has conducted a most discreet affair with Parliamentarian Michael Choyce, who seems to fit into the Wakes’ lives so conveniently. But an invitation to attend a Private View and a startling portrait of the mysterious and beautiful Daphne Adeane signifies a change in this comfortable set-up.
(The novel portrays the life of a lonely, beautiful, yet o...)
The novel portrays the life of a lonely, beautiful, yet over-protected Catholic girl and the several loves of her long life. A struggle develops between the demands of love and religious orthodoxy and matters of conscience are examined in significant detail. The story takes place against the background of upper-class English and French life at the turn of the twentieth century, and is written in a delightfully light and graceful style.
(A series of romances, missed chances, and disasters befal...)
A series of romances, missed chances, and disasters befall the lives of Joan Brendon and Alexander Luttrell in a real life game of snakes and ladders, as each falls for others who enter their lives at seemingly unpropitious moments. Tragic misunderstandings, old flames turning up on wedding days, and bizarre coincidences are all the result of a missed letter! The Island of Malta features in this Victorian romance, which Baring based on a true story, providing insight into both the times and human strengths and weaknesses, before Darby and Joan end their days in happiness.
(This book provides some kind of answer to the questions a...)
This book provides some kind of answer to the questions are put by the traveller who comes to Russia for the first time, and whose curiosity is stimulated with regard to the way in which the people live and to the manner of their government.
Maurice Baring was a British author, poet and translator. He published plays, poetry and novels characterised by an easy conversational style, mischievous humour, a firm sense of moral values and intense human sympathy.
Background
Maurice Baring was born on April 27, 1874 in London, England, United Kingdom. He was the son of Edward Charles Baring, the first Lord Ravelstoke and Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel, granddaughter of the second Earl Grey. He had seven siblings. The family had a large house in Charles Street, Mayfair and an estate named Membland near Newton Ferrers in south Devon where Lord Revelstoke was lord of the manor and where he built the present church of Noss Mayo, on a hill overlooking the river Yealm.
Education
Maurice Baring attended Eton School (now Eton College). He also attended Trinity College, Cambridge from 1893 to 1894. Then he studied languages abroad.
In 1898 Maurice Baring accepted into diplomatic service served as attaché to the British Embassy, Paris, France for a year. He had already begun writing as a hobby, producing a few volumes of poetry and a collection of parodies of French authors. In 1902 he transferred to Rome. In 1904 he left diplomacy to become a foreign correspondent for the London "Morning Post", assigned to cover the Russo-Japanese War from Manchuria, and then in St. Petersburg.
After the war ended, in 1905 he opted to remain in Russia as a foreign correspondent, growing increasingly enamoured of the country and its culture. In his journalistic and critical capacities, Baring made it his task to act as an ambassador for Russian literature and history, writing numerous articles, and eventually books, introducing Russia to the English reader. In 1912 Baring traveled around the world and reported on the Balkan War for the London Times. Two years later, an historic upheaval brought his journalistic career to an end.
In 1914 he served in the British Intelligence Corps. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and served with distinction on the headquarters staff of the Little Flying Corps in France until 1918. Baring served as personal secretary to General Trenchard from 1915 to 1918 and retired with rank of Major and Wing Commander.
When the war ended, Baring began writing novels such as "Passing By" (1921), "Overlooked" (1922), "C" (1924), "Cat's Cradle" (1925), "Daphne Adeane" (1926), "Tinker’s Leave" (1927), "The Coat without Seam" (1929), "A Triangle: Passages from Three Notebooks" (1930), In the End Is My Beginning (1931), "Friday’s Business" (1932), "The Lonely Lady of Dulwich" (1934), "Darby and Joan" (1935).
Baring was a close friend of Hilaire Belloc and G. K. Chesterton, and it has been suggested that Baring was the model for Horne Fisher, the connecting character of the stories that compose Chesterton’s "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1922). In 1936 he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and he spent the last part of his life as the guest of Lord Lovat at Beaufort Castle, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland. He died there on December 14, 1945.
Maurice Baring is remembered as a versatile, prolific and highly successful writer, who produced articles, plays, biographies, criticism, poetry, translations, stories and novels. He is regarded as a portrayer of the social culture that flourished in England before World War I. His work highly regarded for the acute intimate portraits of the time. He wrote over fifty books, countless articles and news pieces, a number of poems, and numerous essays.
Maurice Baring was an agnostic. In 1909, he converted to Roman Catholicism.
Views
Quotations:
"In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can."
"Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary."
"There is a vast difference between games and play. Play is played for fun, but games are deadly serious and you do not play them to enjoy yourself."
Personality
Quotes from others about the person
Edmund Wilson: "Maurice Baring was perhaps the only Englishman who really knew the country [Russia] well and who was also an excellent writer. "The Mainspring of Russia" and "The Russian People" are probably the best surveys of the history of Russia, the best analyses of Russian society that had at that time been published in English."
The Devils & Canon Barham: Ten Essays On Poets, Novelists & Monsters
Edmund Wilson has written a new introduction to his classic study of the modern conception of history in the West, and has restored the appendices which appeared in the first edition of 1940 but were dropped from subsequent editions.
