"Roald Dahl is one of the greatest storytellers of all time and an author who took children's literature into uncharted territory. The man behind the stories, however, remains an enigma. Dahl was a single-minded adventurer and his public persona was often controversial. To his readers, though, he was a hero, and figures like Willy Wonka and the BFG are now immortal literary creations. In this award-winning biography, Donal Sturrock reveals many hidden aspects of Roald Dahl's life; his terrifying experiences as a fighter pilot; the anguish caused by the death of his seven-year-old daughter; his work for military intelligence at the end of the war and more.
"Roald Dahl is one of the greatest storytellers of all time and an author who took children's literature into uncharted territory. The man behind the stories, however, remains an enigma. Dahl was a single-minded adventurer and his public persona was often controversial. To his readers, though, he was a hero, and figures like Willy Wonka and the BFG are now immortal literary creations. In this award-winning biography, Donal Sturrock reveals many hidden aspects of Roald Dahl's life; his terrifying experiences as a fighter pilot; the anguish caused by the death of his seven-year-old daughter; his work for military intelligence at the end of the war and more.
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"Roald Dahl is one of the greatest storytellers of all time and an author who took children's literature into uncharted territory. The man behind the stories, however, remains an enigma. Dahl was a single-minded adventurer and his public persona was often controversial. To his readers, though, he was a hero, and figures like Willy Wonka and the BFG are now immortal literary creations. In this award-winning biography, Donal Sturrock reveals many hidden aspects of Roald Dahl's life; his terrifying experiences as a fighter pilot; the anguish caused by the death of his seven-year-old daughter; his work for military intelligence at the end of the war and more.
"Roald Dahl is one of the greatest storytellers of all time and an author who took children's literature into uncharted territory. The man behind the stories, however, remains an enigma. Dahl was a single-minded adventurer and his public persona was often controversial. To his readers, though, he was a hero, and figures like Willy Wonka and the BFG are now immortal literary creations. In this award-winning biography, Donal Sturrock reveals many hidden aspects of Roald Dahl's life; his terrifying experiences as a fighter pilot; the anguish caused by the death of his seven-year-old daughter; his work for military intelligence at the end of the war and more.
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