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Informationen zum Autor Described by the Sunday Times as ‘one of our best biographers’, Jane Dunn writes about women and their relationships, and sisters in particular. Her books include a biography of the sisters Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell and the bestseller Elizabeth & Mary, which looks at the lives of the cousin queens Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in Bath with her husband the writer and linguist, Nicholas Ostler. Klappentext From the bestselling author of 'Elizabeth and Mary', the remarkable love story of Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, set against the turbulence and romance of 17th-century England. Zusammenfassung From the bestselling author of ‘Elizabeth and Mary’, the remarkable love story of Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, set against the turbulence and romance of 17th-century England.
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'Jane Dunn has pieced together the marvellous story of their clandestine courtship...what is wonderfully demonstrated in Dunn's account of their later lives is the sense of this being a real story, as well as a romance...their love story is beautiful and Dunn brings to life the dramatic age in which they lived.' Daily Mail
'"Read My Heart" provides a richly detailed backdrop to Dorothy Osborne's letters, vividly recalling the boisterous bonhomie of 17th century England.' Mail on Sunday
'Jane Dunn is a gifted storyteller, who writes with fluency and wit...she has produced a biography that is also an excellent guide to the tumultuous seven decades through which the Temples lived and loved.' Sunday Telegraph
'Dunn shows her skills as a solidly good historian, painting a vivid picture of a free-thinking intellectual...a double life is a tricky enterprise...but Dunn...an expert in the dynamics of couples maintains a sense of balance throughout.' Sunday Times
