As it Was by Sybille Bedford
Sybille Bedford, whose last book, "Jigsaw", was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, writes on travel, evoking Europe and the past, and justice, with accounts of the "Lady Chatterley's Lover" case and the trials of, among others, Jack Ruby and 22 former staff of Auschwitz.Sybille Bedford was born in the German city of Charlottenburg in 1911 and raised in Italy, England, and France. Her first book, A Visit to Don Otavio, was released in 1953, and she has since authored eight more, including Jigsaw, A Legacy, A Favourite of the Gods, and A Compass Error, as well as famous chronicles of criminal trials and other judicial events, and an acclaimed biography of her mentor Aldous Huxley. She was the vice president of English PEN and one of the nine Companions of Literature in the United Kingdom. Bedford died in February 2006 in London, where she had lived for many years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781856190022 |
| ISBN 10 | 1856190021 |
| Title | As it Was |
| Author | Sybille Bedford |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1990-09-10 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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