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Death of a hero richard aldington national library of. Richard aldington 8 july 1892 27 july 1962, born edward godfree aldington, was an english writer and poet, and an early associate of the imagist movement. Richard aldington has 120 books on goodreads with 10861 ratings. Lawrence durrell regarded death of a hero as the best warnovel of the epoch. Even though in later years, most historians came to agree with aldington s account of the facts of lawrences life, the general public in 1955 was not.
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