A New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a Washington Post Best Book of 2001, Mary Shelley gracefully moves through the dramatic life of the woman behind history's most legendary monster. The Mary readers meet here, brilliantly brought to life by Seymour from previously unexplored sources, is brave, generous, and impetuous.
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a Washington Post Best Book of 2001, Mary Shelley gracefully moves through the dramatic life of the woma...
A beautifully written and hugely acclaimed account of a fascinating twentieth-century life: Helene Delangle, also known as Helle Nice, dancer, lover and record breaking racing driver. Now in paperback.
A beautifully written and hugely acclaimed account of a fascinating twentieth-century life: Helene Delangle, also known as Helle Nice, dancer, lover ...
A biography and family memoir by turns hilarious and heart-wrenching, Miranda Seymour's Thrumpton Hall is a riveting, frequently shocking, and ultimately unforgettable true story of the devastating consequences of obsessive desire and misplaced love.
"Dear Thrumpton, how I miss you tonight." When twenty-one-year-old George Seymour wrote these words in 1944, the object of his affection was not a young woman but the beautiful country house in Nottinghamshire that he desired above all else. Miranda Seymour would later be raised at Thrumpton Hall--her upbringing far from...
A biography and family memoir by turns hilarious and heart-wrenching, Miranda Seymour's Thrumpton Hall is a riveting, frequently shocking,...
