{"product_id":"humbert-wolfe-circular-saws-humbert-wolfe-9781839674358","title":"Humbert Wolfe - Circular Saws: 'Once upon a time there was a wizard who could find the truth in a newspaper''","description":"Humbert Wolfe CB CBE was born on 5th January 1885 in Milan, Italy from Jewish family roots. \u003cp\u003eWolfe was brought up in Bradford, West Yorkshire and was a pupil at Bradford Grammar School before attending Wadham College at the University of Oxford. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning at the Board of Trade and then the Ministry of Labour, Wolfe's career was in the Civil Service, where he achieved positions of high responsibility. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was also one of the most popular and prolific authors of the 1920's and 30s across some 40 works, mainly poetry but including other genres. Indeed, Gustav Holst set a number of his verses to song in his 12 Humbert Wolfe Songs, Op. 48 (1929). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1931 he became a Fellow of Royal Society of Literature and was one of the favourites to become the next Poet Laureate where he was up against Rudyard Kipling, W.B.Yeats and the eventual occupant-to-be of the post Robert Bridges. Wolfe was also a noted translator including that of Heinrich Heine, Edmond Fleg and Eugene Heltai (Heltai Jenő). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1938 Wolfe was appointed Deputy Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and his main responsibility was to equip the country's labour force for the approaching Second World War. His duties then extended to drawing up a list of writers who could better serve as propagandists rather than soldiers in the British Army. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Wolfe was married, he engaged in a decade long affair with the novelist Pamela Frankau which ended only with his death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumbert Wolfe CB CBE died on 5th January 1940 at 75 Eccleston Square in London. It was his 55th birthday. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Humbert Wolfe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1839674350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839674358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stage Door\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.11d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Humbert Wolfe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442597802239,"sku":"9781839674358","price":10.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_71604805-7aa8-47b9-82bd-d81823d88d97.jpg?v=1777198469","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/humbert-wolfe-circular-saws-humbert-wolfe-9781839674358","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}