Anthony West

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Anthony West (August 4, 1914 - December 27, 1987) was a British author, the illegitimate son of British authors Rebecca West and H. G. Wells. Anthony West's best-known book is H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life, a biography of his father. Not to be confused with the Irish author Anthony C. West.

[edit] Works

• (1949) On A Dark Night. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. ASIN B0006F5IOM.  Amazon
• (1949) The Vintage, Paperback, Popular Library. ASIN B000FH7QKA.  Amazon
• (1951) Another Kind. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode.  Amazon
• (1957) Principles and Persuasions: the Literary Essays of Anthony West. Harcourt, Brace. ASIN B0007DU4TM.  Amazon
• (1960) The Trend Is Up. New York: Random House. OCLC 367819.  Amazon
• (1965) Elizabethan England. Odyssey Press. ASIN B0006BN6EK.  Amazon
• (1967) Galsworthy Reader. Scribner. OCLC 729903.  Textbook
• (1967) All About The Crusades. London: W. H. Allen.  Illustrated by Carl Rose
• (1970) David Rees, Among Others. London: Hamilton. ISBN 0-241-01887-0. 
• (1973) Mortal Wounds. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-7069-4753-3.  An examination of the dossiers of three noted 19th-century women, including Anne Louise Germaine de Staël, 1766-1817
• (1975) D. H. Lawrence. Norwood Editions. ISBN 0-88305-782-4. 
• (1979) John Piper. London: Secker & Warburg. 
• (1984) H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-394-53196-5.  "The son of H.G. Wells and Rebecca West provides a biography of his father, chronicling the great English writer's rise to fame and fortune, his relationships with other famous people, and his numerous affairs."
• (1984) Heritage. London: Coronet. ISBN 0-340-36938-8.  "Richard Savage, the illegitimate son of a famous British author and a prominent stage actress, faces the difficulties of growing up in boarding schools and living with one parent at a time."

[edit] External links

• 1984 Audio Interview with Anthony West by Don Swaim at Wired for Books.