The Times has run an article today on the publication of Iris Murdoch, A Writer at War:Letters and Diaries 1939-1945, edited by Peter J. Conradi, who seems to be doing an excellent job as her literary executor. This is a book I am particularly looking forward to reading. The letters to Frank Thompson should be [...]
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Good News on the Literary Front
January 25th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: 2nd World War · Diary · Frank Thompson · Iris Murdoch · letters · Oxford · Peter J Conradi · Plato
The Mitfords – Letters between Six Sisters (edited by Charlotte Mosley)
December 12th, 2008 No Comments
Across the front of the Harper Collins paperback edition of these letters is a quote by J.K. Rowling “The story of the extraordinary Mitford sisters has never been told as well as they tell it themselves”. Does the book live up to this endorsement? Yes it does, as much by what is omitted as [...]
Tags: Charlotte Mosley · correspondence · Deborah · Diana · Duchess of Devonshire · Hitler · Jessica · letters · Mitford Sisters · Nancy · Pamela · Unity
