Originally published in 1998, the final volume of the Cambridge Biography of D.
H. Lawrence chronicles his progress from leaving Europe in 1922 to his death in
Venice in 1930. Based on much previously unfamiliar material, it describes his
travels in Ceylon, Australia, the USA and Mexico in an increasingly desperate
search for an ideal community. With his return to Europe in 1925, there is a
detailed account of his rediscovery of painting, his battle against censorship,
and the vitality with which he resisted the debilitating effects of
tuberculosis. Kangaroo, The Plumed Serpent and Lady Chatterley's Lover are
usually seen as the literary landmarks of these years;