PAULA BYRNE
Mad World
Evelyn Waugh and the
Secrets of Brideshead
Harper Press
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Contents
Chapter 1: A Tale of Two Childhoods
Chapter 2: Lancing versus Eton
Chapter 3: Oxford: ‘… her secret none can utter’
Chapter 8: Bright Young Things
Chapter 9: The Busting of Boom
Chapter 10: Madresfield Visited
Chapter 11: The Beauchamp Belles
Chapter 13: An Encounter in Rome
Chapter 16: Fiasco in the Arctic
Chapter 17: Ladies and Lapdogs
Chapter 18: A Year of Departures
Chapter 19: Three Weddings and a Funeral
Chapter 21: The Door to Brideshead
Chapter 22: Brideshead Unlocked
P.S. Ideas, interviews & features …
The Waugh Generation: Sarah O’Reilly talks to Paula Byrne
If You Loved This, You Might Like …
Coda: ‘Laughter and the Love of Friends’