Baden-Powell

Founder of the Boy Scouts

Tim Jeal

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Yale University
28 February 2007

Biography; Biography: historical, political & military; Social groups: clubs & societies

"R.S.S. Baden-Powell, who founded the Boy Scouts movement in 1908, was a British military hero during the Boer War and an author, actor, artist, spy, sportsman, and female impersonator. In this absorbing and humane account of Baden-Powell's extraordinary life, Tim Jeal reveals for the first time the complex figure behind the saintly public mask, showing him to be a man of both dazzling talents and crippling secret fears.

Reviews of the earlier edition:

""Baden-Powell's life story is as rich and engrossing as any of his memorable campfire yarns . . . a monumental biography.""-Zara Steiner, New York Times Book Review

""In an age of good biographies, here is one that deserves to be called great . . . a magnificent book.""-Piers Brendon, Mail on Sunday

""Jeal's Baden-Powell is brave and self-seeking, devious and honorable, a domestic paragon whose repressed homosexuality fired his career, a soldier of genius who ultimately rejected militarism. . . . The story that Tim Jeal has to tell is epic, funny, and touching.""-Philip Oakes, New Statesman

""Superb.""-Ian Buruma, New York Review of Books"

By: Tim Jeal
Imprint: Yale University
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780300125139
ISBN 10: 0300125135
Pages: 720
Publication Date: 28 February 2007
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tim Jeal, a highly acclaimed biographer and novelist, is the author of Livingstone, also published by Yale University Press.

Reviews for Baden-Powell: Founder of the Boy Scouts

'Baden-Powell's life story is as rich and engrossing as any of his memorable campfire yarns... a monumental biography.' Zara Steiner, New York Times Book Review 'In an age of good biographies, here is one that deserves to be called great... a magnificent book.' Piers Brendon, Mail on Sunday 'Jeal's Baden-Powell is brave and self-seeking, devious and honorable, a domestic paragon whose repressed homosexuality fired his career, a soldier of genius who ultimately rejected militarism... The story that Tim Jeal has to tell is epic, funny, and touching.' Philip Oakes, New Statesman 'Superb.' Ian Buruma, New York Review of Books