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A Life of My Own by Claire Tomalin
$29.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Esteemed biographer and legendary literary editor Claire Tomalin's stunning memoir of a life in literature " An] intelligent and humane book...There is genuine appeal in watching this indomitable woman continue to chase the next draft of herself." --Dwight Garner, The New York Times In A Life of My ...Show more
Charles Dickens - A Life by Claire Tomalin
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
"Charles Dickens" is the acclaimed definitive biography by bestselling author Claire Tomalin. Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker and traveller, a supporter of liberal social causes, but most of all a great novelist - the cr ...Show more
Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Claire Tomalin brings her extraordinary gifts of scholarship, fluent writing and empathy for her subjects to bear on one of our greatest, and most elusive, novelists. Widely acclaimed as the finest of Austen biographies, the book offers us "a brave, sharp-tongued character who fairly bounces off the pag ...Show more
Katherine Mansfield: A Secret Life by Claire Tomalin
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Pursuing art and adventure across Europe, Katherine Mansfield lived and wrote with the Furies at her heels. Dying at the age of only 34, she became posthumously one of the most influential writers of the last century. Sexually ambiguous, craving love yet quarrelsome and capricious, she glittered in the ...Show more
The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens by Claire Tomalin
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
This is the story of someone who - almost - wasn't there; who vanished into thin air. Her names, dates, family and experiences very nearly disappeared from the record for good...Claire Tomalin's multi-award-winning story of the relationship between Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens is a remarkable work o ...Show more
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