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, 204 pages, with section of black & white photographs in the middle
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A well-known broadcaster and critic, Fiona MacCarthy established herself as one of the leading writers of biography in Britain with her widely acclaimed book Eric Gill, published in 1989. Her biography of Byron was described by A. N. Wilson as 'a flawless triumph' and William Morris won the Wolfson History Prize and the Writers' Guild Non-Fiction Award. She most recently published Last Curtsey, a memoir of her early life as a debutante.Fiona is a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Hon. Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She was awarded the OBE for services to literature in 2009.
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- PublisherLund Humphries
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0853314357
- ISBN 13 9780853314356
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages204
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