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WAUGH EVELYN: (1903-1966) - WAUGH EVELYN: (1903-1966) English writer whose novels include Vile Bodies (1930) and Brideshead Revisited (1945). A.L.S., Evelyn Waugh , one page, 4to, Combe Florey House, near Taunton, 18th September n.y. (annotated 1957 in pencil in another hand), to [H. P. R.] Finburg. Waugh states that it was good of his correspondent to have written and remarks 'All that you tell me is of great interest. I need all the help I can get if I am to make a book about Ronnie [i.e. Ronald Knox] which will not rile his multitude of friends', further commenting 'I think that tho' he was entirely without ambition he was a little hurt by the ingratitude of official England. If he had been an atheist he would have had had (sic) the O [rder of] M [erit].' Waugh concludes his letter by asking if Kibworth is located near to his correspondent and if they have ever visited the vicarage, explaining 'I should be interested to know if it is at all like the description in ' Reminiscences of an Octogenarian ' (Bishop Knox) nowadays' . A letter of good association and interesting content. VG H. P. R. Finburg (1900-1974) English historian, typographer and publisher who was head of the Department of English Local History at Leicester University. Ronald Knox (1888-1957) English Catholic priest, theologian and author. Waugh began a biography of his longtime friend Ronald Knox shortly after the theologian's death in August 1957. Research and writing extended over two years, during which time Waugh did little other work, and The Life of the Right Reverend Ronald Knox was published in 1959. Despite being admired within Waugh's circle, the biography did not sell well ('like warm cakes' in Waugh's own words) and was criticised by others in the Church for its depiction of Knox as an unappreciated victim of the Catholic hierarchy. Kibworth is an area of the Harborough district of Leicestershire containing two small civil parishes. Edmund Knox (1847-1937) Anglican bishop and the father of Ronald Knox was rector of Kibworth from 1884-91.