Agatha Christie. An English Mystery
- 534 pages
- 19 hours of reading
This biography offers a perceptive and stylish exploration of Agatha Christie, drawing on previously unpublished papers to examine her as a phenomenon, a writer, and a woman.
Laura Thompson Books
Laura Thompson writes with an unapologetic lens, capturing the raw realities of life. As a survivor of sexual assault and near-death traumas related to her daughters' medical issues, she possesses a profound ability to convey truth, honesty, and resilience. Her writing resonates powerfully with fellow survivors and anyone connected to them, as she embodies the very essence of overcoming adversity. Thompson's work serves as a testament to navigating profound challenges and finding meaning in their wake.
Life in a Cold Climate: Nancy Mitford The Biography
- 448 pages
- 16 hours of reading
Nancy Mitford was, in the words of her sister Lady Diana Mosley, 'very, very complex'. Her highly autobiographical early work, the biographies and novels of her more mature French period, her journalism, and the vast body of letters to her family, friends such as Evelyn Waugh, and to the great love of her life, Gaston Palewski, all tell an intriguing story. Drawing from these, as well as conversations with Mitford's two surviving sisters, acquaintances and colleagues, prize-winning author Laura Thompson has fashioned a portrait of a contradictory and courageous woman. Approaching her subject with wit, perspicacity and huge affection, Thompson makes her serious points lightly, eschewing clichés about the eccentricities of the Mitford clan. Life in a Cold Climate is full of the sound of Mitfordian laughter; but tells also the often paradoxical and complex story beneath the smiling and ever elegant façade.
Heiresses
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
A survey of the world of the wealthy heiress - glittering and gleaming, flawed and fascinating - from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries.
Life in a Cold Climate
- 432 pages
- 16 hours of reading
A biography of the most brilliant of the Mitford sisters, who dazzled and scandalised interwar high society with their wit and sometimes controversial lifestyles.
Agatha Christie
Das faszinierende Leben der großen Kriminalschriftstellerin
Agatha Christie: Sie ist unumstritten die bekannteste Krimiautorin der Welt. Ihrer Phantasie verdanken wir unsterbliche Detektive wie Hercule Poirot und Miss Marple. Aber was für ein Mensch war Agatha Christie – hinter der Fassade der Erfolgsautorin, die wir alle kennen? Spannend und mit geradezu kriminalistischem Gespür nähert sich Laura Thompson der komplexen Persönlichkeit Christies: ihre idyllisch-behütete Jugend um 1900, die zwei Ehen, ihr berühmtes Verschwinden 1926, das eine landesweite Suchaktion auslöste, der kometenhafte Aufstieg zur gefeierten Autorin. Thompson bekam ungehinderten Zugriff auf Christies Tagebücher, Briefe und Notizhefte, und konnte ausführlich mit ihrer Familie sprechen. Ihre Biographie ist der Schlüssel zu der einzigartigen Frau, die den Mord zum Kunstwerk machte.
Документальный роман о сестрах Митфорд, имя которых в середине прошлого столетия было в Англии нарицательным. Шесть сестер стали олицетворением самых разных сторон ХХ века. Выбранные сестрами Митфорд пути можно перечислить почти так же, как в детском стишке перебираются жены Генриха VIII: Писательница; Птичница; Фашистка; Нацистка; Коммунистка; Герцогиня. Можно составить мини-биографии, жонглируя наиболее поразительными фактами с ловкостью опытного циркача.
