William Nicholson's plays include Shadowlands and Life Story, both of which won the BAFTA Best Television Drama award of their year. He co-wrote the script for the film Gladiator and he has scripted Les Miserables and Mandela. William Nicholson lives in East Sussex.
'An explosively interesting novel I found hard to put down' Wendy Holden, Daily Mail. 'Effortless brilliance' Daily Express. 'Nicholson is excellent at dialogue and his eye for period detail is almost as good' Spectator. 'Nicholson draws his narrative strands together in a most entertaining fashion' The Times.