The Three Lives of Dylan Thomas

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Dylan Thomas was one of the most extraordinary poetic talents of the twentieth century. Poems such as?Do not go gentle into that good night' regularly top polls of the nation's favourites and his much-loved play Under Milk Wood has never been out of print. Thomas lived a life that was rarely without incident and died a death that has gone down in legend as the epitome of Bohemian dissoluteness. In The Three Lives of Dylan Thomas, journalist Hilly Janes explores that life and its extraordinary legacy through the eyes of her father, the artist Alfred Janes, who was a member of Thomas's i.;Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Part One: London Calling; Chapter One: A Happy Shambles; Chapter Two: An Ugly, Lovely Town; Chapter Three: Going Freelance; Chapter Four: Swansea's Other Poet; Chapter Five: The Fairy Princess; Part Two: The Point of No Return; Chapter Six: The Party's Over; Chapter Seven: Friends and Enemies; Chapter Eight: We'll Meet Again; Chapter Nine: Voice of the BBC; Chapter Ten: After the Fight; Chapter Eleven: The Seashaken House; Chapter Twelve: American Dream; Chapter Thirteen: The Town That Was Mad. Cover Title Page Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgements Contents Introduction Part One: London Calling Chapter One: A Happy Shambles Chapter Two: An Ugly, Lovely Town Chapter Three: Going Freelance Chapter Four: Swansea's Other Poet Chapter Five: The Fairy Princess Part Two: The Point of No Return Chapter Six: The Party's Over Chapter Seven: Friends and Enemies Chapter Eight: We'll Meet Again Chapter Nine: Voice of the BBC Chapter Ten: After the Fight Chapter Eleven: The Seashaken House Chapter Twelve: American Dream Chapter Thirteen: The Town That Was Mad. Chapter Fourteen: All The RageChapter Fifteen: Trouble and Strife Part Three: Did Not Go Gentle Chapter Sixteen: Six Feet Deep Chapter Seventeen: Keeping the Show on the Road Chapter Eighteen: Not Dylan Thomas Chapter Nineteen: Family Matters Chapter Twenty: Time Passes Afterword: London 2014 Appendix I Appendix II Photo Credits Plates Copyright.