A. Milne and the Creation of ‘Winnie- the-Pooh’ ” (St. Martin’s Press), behind the children’s books was a complicated adult whose life was fraught with disappointment and regret. “It seemed to me, almost, that my father had got to where he was by climbing upon my infant shoulders, that he had filched from me my good name and had left me with nothing but the empty fame of being his son,” Christopher wrote in his 1974 memoir, “The Enchanted Places.” Though a pacifist, Milne had volunteered for the British Army in 1914, believing that it was the “war to end all wars.” He participated in the Battle of the Somme in France, where 300,000 men were killed.
Author: Raquel Laneri
Published at: 2025-12-20 19:00:00
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