Elaine Feinstein is a prize-winning poet, novelist and biographer. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1980 and her work has been translated into many languages. She is the author of highly praised lives of Pushkin and Ted Hughes.
'This is an admirable book, fond but fair; hard to believe it could be bettered any time soon' The Times 'It is a story full of fascination, told with judicious candour' The Independent