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Tennyson: To Strive, To Seek, To Find by John Batchelor Alfred Lord Tennyson, Queen Victoria's favorite poet, commanded a wider readership than any other of his time. His ascendancy was neither the triumph of pure genius nor an accident of history: he skillfully crafted his own career and his relationship with his audience. Fame and recognition came, lavishly and in abundance,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Rebel Writers: The Accidental Feminists by Celia Brayfield In London in 1958, a play by a 19-year-old redefined women's writing in Britain. It also began a movement that would change women's lives forever. The play was A Taste of Honey and the author, Shelagh Delaney, was the first in a succession of young women who wrote about their lives with an… Saber más sobre este artículo

By Women Possessed: A Life of Eugene O'Neill by Arthur Gelb and Barbara Gelb THERE IS A RED "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE BOTTOM PAGE EDGES. "One is dragged into the very presence of a genius and made to feel his awful size," cautioned Arthur Miller, comment on O'Neill, Arthur and Barbara Gelb's highly praised first exploration of the life and work of… Saber más sobre este artículo

A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman by Alice Kessler- Harris THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE BOTTOM PAGE EDGES. She was a literary icon and a groundbreaking figure as the most successful playwright in American history. She was also one of the few artists who stood up to the political witchunts of the 1950s, with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Ian Fleming by Andrew Lycett We all know about James Bond, the world's most famous secret agent, but how many of us are familiar with his creator, Ian Fleming? In this exciting full-length biography, Andrew Lycett tells the story of Ian Fleming's life, which was just as dramatic as that of his fictional creation. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, Fleming joined… Saber más sobre este artículo

Goldeneye -- Where Bond Was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica by Matthew Parker For two months every year, from 1946 to his death eighteen years later, Ian Fleming lived at Goldeneye, the house he built on a point of high land overlooking a small white sand beach on Jamaica's stunning north coast. All the James Bond novels and stories were written here. This… Saber más sobre este artículo