Eleanor Farjeon first met Edward Thomas in 1912, when her brother invited him to tea. It was the beginning of a deep friendship between the shy 31-year-old woman and the reserved writer. Though he died at the Battle of Arras in 1917, it was a friendship which for Eleanor did not end with his death, but lived beyond in his letters and poems. This double memoir uses Edward's letters and Eleanor's diaries and linking commentary to provide a candid account of their developing friendship. This edition, published for the 90th anniversary of Thomas' death, includes an introduction by Anne Harvey, a selection of Eleanor's sonnets, and 'Walking Tom', the little-known poem about Edward by Clifford Bax and Edward Farjeon.
