Joan by Simon Fenwick
The first biography of Joan Leigh Fermor, society beauty, professional photographer and muse.
[A] chatty, charmingly digressive, gossipy biography -- Ysenda Maxtone-Graham * Daily Mail *
Does Joan merit a biography of her own? If someone had asked her, she would almost certainly have said noBut Simon Fenwick pulls it off . . . A quiet rebel and a fertile muse, Joan was a remarkable woman, and this is an entertaining book. -- Jane Ridley * Literary Review *
Does Joan merit a biography of her own? If someone had asked her, she would almost certainly have said noBut Simon Fenwick pulls it off . . . A quiet rebel and a fertile muse, Joan was a remarkable woman, and this is an entertaining book. -- Jane Ridley * Literary Review *
In this engrossing biography, the woman hitherto overshadowed by her husband
(soldier and author Patrick Leigh Fermor) is brought from black and white to full
colour . . . Societal expectations of women are compellingly captured, too, along with
Joan’s inner life, resulting in a vivid portrait of her and the places and people she loved.
Simon Fenwick is an archivist who has worked on the private papers of Patrick Leigh Fermor and Xan Fielding. He lives in London. Joan is his first full-length biography.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781509848713 |
| ISBN 10 | 1509848711 |
| Title | Joan |
| Author | Simon Fenwick |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2018-04-19 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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