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British literature
Lesley McDowell restores Lord Byron’s young lover and Mary Shelley’s step-sister to thrilling, palpitating life
With A Wilder Shore, Camille Peri convincingly argues that there was nothing remotely ordinary about either of these people
Telling the lives of women is challenging, owing to the scarcity of information available
Narratives, counter-narratives, twists and frenzied bouts of cleaning up the timeline ensue
Lionel Shriver’s Mania is provocative, stimulating and outrageous
There isn’t much in The English Soul that you could not get from clicking in and out of the relevant Wikipedia entries on Wesley or the Diggers
Write, Cut, Rewrite is an agreeable glimpse of highlights from a brilliant collection of literary manuscripts
Maidwell Hall was a place of constant danger, writes Princess Diana’s brother
It’s hard to say what Parasol Against the Axe is about
At its heart, Sophie Elmhirst’s debut is a beauty-and-the-beast love story
