Not Sonia but his first wife, Eileen O'Shaughnessy, who was with him during the Spanish Civil War and WW2. A wonderful portrayal of this remarkable literary marriage by the author of Stasila... read more
As the ultra-conservative director of the FBI for nearly 50 years, Hoover is arguably more responsible for the emergence of the US far right than anyone else. Who was he? What happened?
She was B-J's muse for the last 25 years of his life, but, unlike most of the other Pre-Raphaelite women, she survived into a self-determining life and was friendly with Wilde, Einstein, Asq... read more
'The lion of Panjshir' was the Afghan politician and military commander who fought brilliantly against the Russians during their occupation, and led the Northern Alliance that resisted the T... read more
A memoir by the acclaimed writer of her very happy marriage to Ben Sonnenberg, whose own memoir 'Lost Property' was a plum in a recent Sandoe's catalogue.