PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Michael Holroyd is one of our leading biographers. He has written the lives of Lytton Strachey, Bernard Shaw and Augustus John, as well as a group biography of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and their families. He was awarded a knighthood in 2007 for services to literature. He lives in London.
As deft and devastating as a piece of non-fiction writing in miniature as you're ever likely to read, and it illustrates not only the biographer's power to shape perceptions of his or her subject but also the artistry that underpins what sometimes masquerades as elegant reportage: truly, as this collection's title indicates, facts and fiction ... A collection to be savoured, its urbanity, wisdom and humorous probing best digested at leisure -- Matthew Dennison * Daily Telegraph * Masterly, full of new insight -- Praise for 'Lytton Strachey: The New Biography' * Sunday Express * Holroyd has a wonderful eye for detail ... an entirely captivating biography ... one of the glories of the form -- Praise for 'A Strange Eventful History' * Guardian *
