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Must You Go? Lady Antonia Fraser

Must You Go? By Lady Antonia Fraser

Must You Go? by Lady Antonia Fraser


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Summary

A unique testimony to modern literature's most celebrated and enduring marriage.

Must You Go? Summary

Must You Go?: My Life with Harold Pinter by Lady Antonia Fraser

A unique testimony to modern literature's most celebrated and enduring marriage.

'I first saw Harold across a crowded room, but it was lunchtime, not some enchanted evening, and we did not speak.'

When Antonia Fraser met Harold Pinter she was a celebrated biographer and he was Britain's finest playwright. Both were already married - Pinter to the actress Vivien Merchant and Fraser to the politician Hugh Fraser - but their union seemed inevitable from the moment they met: 'I would have found you somehow', Pinter told Fraser. Their relationship flourished until Pinter's death on Christmas Eve 2008 and was a source of delight and inspiration to them both until the very end.

Fraser uses her Diaries and her own recollections to tell a touching love story. But this is also a memoir of a partnership between two of the greatest literary talents, with fascinating glimpses into their creativity and their illustrious circle of friends from the literary, political and theatrical world.

Must You Go? Reviews

A wonderful tour of the world's top tables...the charm of this book lies in the powerful love between her and Pinter...Her account of Pinter's last days, roaring like a lion in the face of death, are deeply moving. -- Kate Saunders * TIMES *
Brave but often funny in its account of a scandal that became a destiny, it teaches modern lovers a lesson that many will need to learn: how to say the long goodbye. -- Boyd Tonkin * INDEPENDENT *
Combining disarming emotional frankness with restrained elegance, Antonia Fraser weaves her diary entries and memories into a compelling and moving history of a long, passionate relationship. -- Katie Owen * SUNDAY TIMES *
The quiet brilliance of this book steals up on you... it's funny, clever and controlled... there is so much generosity here and so much love that by the final page, in a London hospital on Christmas Eve 2008, I was in tears. * GUARDIAN *
An uplifting, warm and moving tribute * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *

About Lady Antonia Fraser

Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works which have been international bestsellers. She was awarded the Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000 and was made a DBE in 2011 for services to literature. Her previous books include MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, KING CHARLES II, THE WEAKER VESSEL: WOMAN'S LOT IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND which won the Wolfson History Prize, MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE JOURNEY, PERILOUS QUESTION; THE DRAMA OF THE GREAT REFORM BILL 1832 and THE KING AND THE CATHOLICS: THE FIGHT FOR RIGHTS 1829. MUST YOU GO?, a memoir of her life with Harold Pinter, was published in 2010, and MY HISTORY; A MEMOIR OF GROWING UP in 2015. She lives in London. Visit Antonia Fraser's website at www.antoniafraser.com

Additional information

GOR002804132
9780753828786
0753828782
Must You Go?: My Life with Harold Pinter by Lady Antonia Fraser
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Orion Publishing Co
20110303
432
Short-listed for Galaxy National Book Awards: Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2010
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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