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Название: Children of the Master

Автор: Andrew Marr

Издательство: HarperCollins

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      Andrew Marr

      Children of the Master

      FOURTH ESTATE·London

       Copyright

      Fourth Estate

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      Copyright © Andrew Marr 2015

      Cover images © Shutterstock.com

      The right of Andrew Marr to be identified as the author

      of this work has been asserted by him in accordance

      with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988.

      Extract from ‘Canto XIII’, from THE CANTOS OF EZRA POUND, copyright ©1934 by Ezra Pound. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.

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      Ebook Edition © 2015 ISBN: 9780007596461

      Version: 2016-04-26

       Dedication

      For Isabel Claire

      Kung walked

      by the dynastic temple

      and into the cedar grove,

      and then out by the lower river,

      And with him Khieu, Tchi,

      And Tian the low speaking

      And, ‘we are unknown,’ said Kung,

      ‘You will take up charioteering?

      ‘Then you will become known,

      ‘Or perhaps I should take up charioteering, or archery?

      ‘Or the practice of public speaking?’

      And Tseu-lou said, ‘I would put the defences in order,’

      And Khieu said, ‘if I were lord of a province

      I would put it in better order than this is.’

      And Kung said, and wrote on the bo leaves:

      If a man have not order within him

      He can not spread order about him;

      And if a man have not order within him

      His family will not act with due order;

      And if the prince have not order within him

      he cannot put order in his dominions.

      And he said

      ‘Anyone can run to excesses,

      It is easy to shoot past the mark,

      ‘It is hard to stand firm in the middle.’

      And they said: If a man commit murder

      Should his father protect him, and hide him?

      And Kung said:

      He should hide him.

      From Ezra Pound, ‘Canto XIII’

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Epigraph

       Prologue: Photographs

       Absolutely No Partners

       After the Funeral

       The Early Life of David Petrie

       A Perfect Girl

       A Terrible Story

       On an Island

       David the Ruthless

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