Uncovers the illicit affair between the novelist and the author's grandfather, Humphry House, which Parry discovered on being delivered a box of letters.
CC is the distinguished Australian publisher who founded Virago. Her forebear was transported for seven years for stealing a piece of hemp, but managed to prosper in Australia. He returned t... read more
"We think about history coming down to us; but creation, generally, builds upwards, layer on layer...". JLS is a farmer as well as one of our foremost writers of nature, and here he takes hi... read more