Pomp and Circumstance
A Novel
Noël Coward
To mark the Centenary of Noël Coward's birth, Methuen reissues Coward's only and long out-of-print novel. Included in Methuen's distinctive thirteen-volume Noël Coward Collection
First published in 1960, Pomp and Circumstance, Coward's only novel, was greeted with wide critical acclaim. 'A South Sea Bubble of a book it is, with a Royal Visit expected on the Island of Samolo, and the narrator, a mother of three, dealing with everything from chicken-pox to the amours of a visiting Duchess' (Daily Telegraph); 'If there is anywhere on earth where the old Coward world still credibly lingers on, it is probably a fairly peaceful tropical colony ruled over by a British Governor General . . . Coward's long cast list might have walked out of one of his better comedies' (Evening Standard); 'It is all good, near-clean fun, magnificently readable' (Sunday Times).
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About Noël Coward Noël Coward was born in 1899 in Teddington, Middlesex, and made his name as a playwright and lyricist of popular plays and songs, as well as writing fiction, three volumes of autobiography, and numerous reflections in other genres which number well over 100 different works. He was also a distinguished actor and cabaret performer, and one of this century's greatest wits. He was knighted in 1970 and died three years later in Jamaica.
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