Lives Like Loaded Guns by Lyndall Gordon

Lives Like Loaded Guns by Lyndall Gordon

Lives Like Loaded Guns.reads like a fabulous detective story. Gordon] takes us into undiscovered territory. --The Washington Post

A great companion to fans of the film A Quiet Passion, starring Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson and the new series Dickinson.

In 1882, Emily Dickinson's brother, Austin, began an adulterous love affair with the accomplished and ravishing Mabel Todd, setting in motion a series of events that would forever change the lives of the Dickinson family. Award-winning biographer Lyndall Gordon tells the story of the feud that erupted-and that still continues today. Making unprecedented use of letters, diaries, and legal documents, Gordon proposes a groundbreaking new solution to the secret behind the poet's insistent seclusion, presenting a woman beyond her time who found love, spirituality, and immortality all on her own terms.

The first major biography of Dickinson in nearly ten years, Lives Like Loaded Guns is a highly acclaimed story of creative genius, illicit passion, and betrayal that will forever change the way we view one of America's most important literary figures.

Gordon, Lyndall: - Lyndall Gordon is the prize-winning author of T. S. Eliot: An Imperfect Life and Lives Like Loaded Guns. She is a Fellow at the Royal Society of Literature and a member of PEN. She lives in Oxford.

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ISBN 13	9780670021932
ISBN 10	0670021938
Title	Lives Like Loaded Guns
Author	Lyndall Gordon
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2010-06-10
Number of pages	491
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