Somerset Maugham : a life / Jeffrey Meyers.

New York : Vintage, 2005.

xvi, 411 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm

Paris and King's School, 1874-1889 -- Heidelberg and medicine, 1890-1897 -- Liza of Lambeth and Spain, 1897-1899 -- Struggling author, 1900-1904 -- Bohemia and fame, 1905-1908 -- Sue Jones and Syrie, 1909-1915 -- The Great War and Gerald Haxton, 1914-1916 -- Secret agent, 1916-1919 -- Malaya and China, 1919-1921 -- Dangerous journeys, dangerous friends, 1921-1925 -- Villa Mauresque, 1926-1928 -- "Stately homo," 1928-1929 -- Reputations : cakes and ale, 1930-1933 -- India and eternal youth, 1934-1938 -- War propaganda and Hollywood, 1939-1941 -- Yemassee and Haxton's death, 1942-1944 -- Alan Searle and Art, 1945-1946 -- The Lizard of Oz, 1947-1950 -- Royalty and honors, 1951-1955 -- The old party, 1956-1961 -- Family values, 1962-1965 -- Afterlife.

Filmography: p. 398-400.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-397) and index.