Slipstream Memoir

Howard, Elizabeth Jane

£12.99

A candid and revealing memoir from writer Elizabeth Jane Howard.

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Publish Date: 06/06/2003
ISBN: 9780330484053 Category: Tags: ,

Description

Slipstream brilliantly illuminates the literary world of the latter half of the 20th century, as well as giving a highly personal insight into the life of Elizabeth Jane Howard, one of our most beloved British writers.

Elizabeth looks back over the course of her eventful life, providing a story of as full of love, passion and betrayal as her novels. Born in London in 1923, she was privately educated at home, moving on to short-lived careers as an actress and model, before writing her first acclaimed novel, The Beautiful Visit, in 1950. She has written many highly regarded novels, including Falling and After Julius. Her Cazalet Chronicles have become established as modern classics and were adapted for a major BBC television series and for BBC Radio 4.

She has been married three times – firstly to Peter Scott, the naturalist and son of Captain Scott, and most famously and tempestuously to Kingsley Amis. It was Amis’ son by another marriage, Martin, to whom she introduced the works of Jane Austen and ensured that he received the education that would be the grounding of his own literary career. Her closest friends have included some of the greatest writers and thinkers of the day: Laurie Lee, Arthur Koestler and Cecil Day-Lewis, among others.

Additional information

Weight 384 g
Dimensions 197 × 130 × 35 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

493

Language

English

Edition

Main Market Ed.

Dewey

823.914 (edition:21)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K