CAROLE SEYMOUR-JONES was born in Wales and educated at Oxford University. She is the author of several books, including "Beatrice Webb: Woman of Conflict. She spent the last five years researching the life of Vivienne Eliot both in England and in the United States, where she was awarded a Paul Mellon Visiting Fellowship at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin. She divides her time between Surrey and London.