{"product_id":"9781473860711","title":"From Journey's End to The Dam Busters: The Life of R.C. Sherriff, Playwright of the Trenches","description":"Kingston playwright R.C. Sherriff came to fame with his First World War drama Journey’s End, which was based on his own experiences as a young officer on the Western Front. Its success made him a household name and opened the door to a highly lucrative career as a novelist, playwright and screenwriter in Hollywood and in Britain.   Many of his movies – The Invisible Man, Goodbye Mr Chips, The Four Feathers Odd Man Out, Quartet, and, of course, The Dam Busters – are still well known, but the man behind them much less so. This book rediscovers Sherriff using his own words – his letters, diaries, published and unpublished manuscripts – to shed light on a man who ironically gained his greatest success from the trench warfare he found so difficult to bear.","brand":"Pen and Sword","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130586939632,"sku":"9781473860711","price":26.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473860711_p0.jpg?v=1769893299","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473860711","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}