The Married Man by Brenda Maddox

The Married Man by Brenda Maddox

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Summary

The author of the award-winning "Nora: A Biography of Nora Joyce" examines D.H. Lawrence's restless life through his marriage. She presents not the bearded prophet with baleful eye, but an hilarious mimic, an inspired teacher, a brilliant journalist, an ecological visionary.

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The Married Man by Brenda Maddox

In this award-winning biography, Brenda Maddox gives us a completely new view of D. H. Lawrence - not the bearded prophet with baleful eye, but a likeable Lawrence: hilarious mimic, inspired teacher, ecological visionary and - as he saw himself - a married man. Examining Lawrence's complx life through its greatest contradiciton - his marriage to Frieda von Richtofen, the baron's daughter - Maddox presents a fascinating portrait of this remarkable author.
Author and journalist Brenda Maddox writes a weekly column on media for The Times and broadcasts regularly on the BBC. Her highly-acclaimed biography of Nora Joyce, Nora, won the Los Angeles Times biography prize, the silver PEN award and the French Prix du Meilluer Livre Etranger, was shortlisted for the Whibread Prizeand the U.S. National Book Award, and has been translated into nine languages. The Married Man won the Whitbread Biography Prize for 1994 and was shortlisted for the New York Critic's Circle and the James Tait Black awards.
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ISBN 13 9780749390792
ISBN 10 0749390794
Title The Married Man
Author Brenda Maddox
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1995-09-11
Number of pages 664
Prizes Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Biography Category 1994, Winner of Whitbread Prize (Biography) 1994
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