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Artemis Cooper is the author of a number of books including Cairo in the War, 1939-1945, Writing at the Kitchen Table: The Authorized Biography of Elizabeth David and, most recently, Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure. With her husband, Antony Beevor, she wrote Paris After the Liberation, 1945-1949. She has edited two collections of letters as well as Words of Mercury, an anthology of the work of Patrick Leigh Fermor; and, with Colin Thubron, she edited The Broken Road, the final volume of Leigh Fermor's European trilogy.
Hugely absorbing Guardian A careful and accurate portrait Daily Telegraph Cooper has assiduously gathered material from everyone involved, and the details and perspectives are tantalizingly fresh The Times Looks set to be the literary biography of the autumn Good Housekeeping In this fascinating biography, Artemis Cooper paints a picture of a complex and tricky woman Sunday Express A careful portrait of a fascinating woman Sunday Telegraph Compelling Sunday Times An unexpected treasure ... It is as compelling and unified as a novel, while recounting a full, messy, complex human story ... Cooper is respectful but never sycophantic, clear-eyed but never mocking. Familiar stories are retold but also reconsidered, and set in context. And the book pays the literary biography's ultimate compliment - it will send even those most familiar with the novels back to their bookshelves to revisit them Financial Times Elegant, sympathetic but clear-sighted Mail on Sunday
