Compton Mackenzie : a life /
Andro Linklater
- London, United Kingdom : The Hogarth Press, c1992
- xiv, 354 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter1. The first stage -- Chapter2. Suffering is good for the soul -- Chapter3. The sinister streets of adolescence -- Chapter4. The volunteer and oxford's aspiring dreams -- Chapter5. Romeo, Lothario and Harlequin -- Chapter6. The search for self expression -- Chapter7. Writing the perfect performance -- Chapter8. Carnival in London New York -- Chapter9. The greatest talent of his generation -- Chapter10. Z is for spy -- Chapter11. Loss of faith -- Chapter12. The man who loved island -- Chapter13. The Jacobite becomes a Lord Rector -- Chapter14. From dock to cockle beach -- Chapter15. The winds of love -- Chapter16. The blast of war -- Chapter17. His last bow .
The life of Crompton Mackenzie is not shrouded in mystery. Among the sources of information available to a biographer are ten volumes of autobiography, four of war memoirs and seven of miscellaneous memories.