The Other Elizabeth Taylor
448pp
ISBN 9781906462109
This is the first biography of one of the most importantĀ English writers of the last century. Betty Coles became Elizabeth Taylor upon her marriage in 1936. Her first novelĀ At Mrs Lippincote'sĀ appeared in the same year (1945) as the actress Elizabeth Taylor was starringĀ inĀ National Velvet and began her ascent to stardom. Meanwhile, over the next thirty years, 'the other Elizabeth Taylor' lived and worked in Buckinghamshire and published a dozen novels, including Angel, A Game of Hide and Seek, Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont, as well as numerous short stories.
Nicola Beauman's biography draws on a wealth of hitherto undiscovered material and, according to theĀ Guardian, "Beauman has written an elegant biography for an elegant writer, with the result that even the boring bits of Taylor's life - when she is being a good wife and mother and dinner is always on the table - whip along charmingly. She is especially good on Taylor's influences: Virginia Woolf, Compton-Burnett and EM Forster."
As well asĀ The Other Elizabeth Taylor, Nicola Beauman is also the author ofĀ A Very Great Profession: The Woman's Novel 1914-39Ā (1983),Ā Cynthia Asquith (1987)Ā andĀ Morgan: a Life of EM Forster (1993). In 1999, she founded Persephone Books.
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$15.01The Other Elizabeth Taylor
448pp
ISBN 9781906462109
This is the first biography of one of the most importantĀ English writers of the last century. Betty Coles became Elizabeth Taylor upon her marriage in 1936. Her first novelĀ At Mrs Lippincote'sĀ appeared in the same year (1945) as the actress Elizabeth Taylor was starringĀ inĀ National Velvet and began her ascent to stardom. Meanwhile, over the next thirty years, 'the other Elizabeth Taylor' lived and worked in Buckinghamshire and published a dozen novels, including Angel, A Game of Hide and Seek, Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont, as well as numerous short stories.
Nicola Beauman's biography draws on a wealth of hitherto undiscovered material and, according to theĀ Guardian, "Beauman has written an elegant biography for an elegant writer, with the result that even the boring bits of Taylor's life - when she is being a good wife and mother and dinner is always on the table - whip along charmingly. She is especially good on Taylor's influences: Virginia Woolf, Compton-Burnett and EM Forster."
As well asĀ The Other Elizabeth Taylor, Nicola Beauman is also the author ofĀ A Very Great Profession: The Woman's Novel 1914-39Ā (1983),Ā Cynthia Asquith (1987)Ā andĀ Morgan: a Life of EM Forster (1993). In 1999, she founded Persephone Books.
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448pp
ISBN 9781906462109
This is the first biography of one of the most importantĀ English writers of the last century. Betty Coles became Elizabeth Taylor upon her marriage in 1936. Her first novelĀ At Mrs Lippincote'sĀ appeared in the same year (1945) as the actress Elizabeth Taylor was starringĀ inĀ National Velvet and began her ascent to stardom. Meanwhile, over the next thirty years, 'the other Elizabeth Taylor' lived and worked in Buckinghamshire and published a dozen novels, including Angel, A Game of Hide and Seek, Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont, as well as numerous short stories.
Nicola Beauman's biography draws on a wealth of hitherto undiscovered material and, according to theĀ Guardian, "Beauman has written an elegant biography for an elegant writer, with the result that even the boring bits of Taylor's life - when she is being a good wife and mother and dinner is always on the table - whip along charmingly. She is especially good on Taylor's influences: Virginia Woolf, Compton-Burnett and EM Forster."
As well asĀ The Other Elizabeth Taylor, Nicola Beauman is also the author ofĀ A Very Great Profession: The Woman's Novel 1914-39Ā (1983),Ā Cynthia Asquith (1987)Ā andĀ Morgan: a Life of EM Forster (1993). In 1999, she founded Persephone Books.
