What choices must a biographer make when stitching the pieces of a life into one coherent whole? How do we best create an accurate likeness of a private life fr

This intriguing and witty collection of essays looks at how biography deals with myths and legends, what goes missing and what can't be proved in the story of a

This intriguing and witty collection of essays looks at how biography deals with myths and legends, what goes missing and what can't be proved in the story of a

This story of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, Flush, enchants right from the opening pages. Although Flush has adventures of his own with bullying

Virginia Woolf's playful exploration of a satirical »Oxbridge« became one of the world's most groundbreaking writings on women, writing, fiction, and gender.