|
The Merciless Ladies
Paperback
Main Details
Title |
The Merciless Ladies
|
Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Winston Graham
|
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback | Pages:304 | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
|
Category/Genre | Historical fiction |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781447256588
|
Classifications | Dewey:823.914 |
---|
Audience | |
|
Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Pan Macmillan
|
Imprint |
Macmillan Bello
|
Publication Date |
7 November 2013 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
|
Description
Winston Graham's The Merciless Ladies is a fictional biography set in the 1920s.Paul Stafford - a brilliant artist, from a home where success is all-important. His dazzling talent shot him to the heights of London. Olive Crayam - Paul's wife, and a woman destroyed by jealousy of her husband's talent, and his growing social success. Diana Marnsett - a young society beauty, and the woman behind Paul's climb to fame. But the price of success comes high, and Paul's decision to retreat from fame stirs the muddy waters of scandal into a dangerously lethal brew . . .
Author Biography
Winston Graham was the author of more than forty novels, including The Walking Stick, Angell, Pearl and Little God, Stephanie and Tremor. His novels have been widely translated and his famous Poldark series has been developed into two television series shown in twenty-four countries. Many of Winston Graham's books have been filmed for the big screen, the most notable being Marnie, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Winston Graham was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 1983 was awarded the OBE. He died in July 2003.
ReviewsThe incomparable Winston Graham * Guardian *
|