{"product_id":"the-other-elizabeth-taylor","title":"The Other Elizabeth Taylor","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"std\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 350px;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 350px;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/the-other-elizabeth-taylor_480x480.jpg?v=1631091240\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/the-other-elizabeth-taylor.jpg?v=1631091240\u0026amp;width=700\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e448pp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 9781906462109\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first biography of one of the most important English writers of the last century. Betty Coles became Elizabeth Taylor upon her marriage in 1936. Her first novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt Mrs Lippincote's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eappeared in the same year (1945) as the actress Elizabeth Taylor was starring in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNational Velvet \u003c\/i\u003eand began her ascent to stardom. Meanwhile, over the next thirty years, 'the other Elizabeth Taylor' lived and worked in Buckinghamshire and published a dozen novels, including \u003cem\u003eAngel\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Game of Hide and Seek\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMrs Palfrey at the Claremont\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as numerous short stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNicola Beauman's biography draws on a wealth of hitherto undiscovered material and, according to the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \"Beauman has written an elegant biography for an elegant writer, with the result that even the boring bits of Taylor's life - when she is being a good wife and mother and dinner is always on the table - whip along charmingly. She is especially good on Taylor's influences: Virginia Woolf, Compton-Burnett and EM Forster.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as \u003cstrong\u003eThe Other Elizabeth Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e, Nicola Beauman\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis also the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Very Great Profession: The Woman's Novel 1914-39 (1983),\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCynthia Asquith (1987)\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMorgan: a Life of EM Forster (1993)\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1999, she founded Persephone Books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nicola Beauman","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098799100211,"sku":"san1789694874885","price":23.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue\/Endpaper","offer_id":54098799132979,"sku":"xzk1789694874886","price":24.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint paper","offer_id":54098799165747,"sku":"ypu1789694874887","price":31.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric napkin","offer_id":54098799198515,"sku":"uyl1789694874888","price":42.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/the-other-elizabeth-taylor_1.jpg?v=1789694882","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/the-other-elizabeth-taylor","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}