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Devil Kissed Her

Kathy Watson
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      ‘Kathy Watson has achieved the rare combination of sensitive, meticulous research with readability' - Virginia Rounding, Sunday Times‘Careful, intelligent, absorbing ... Watson tells Mary's story in a sensible, matter-of-fact way, which makes it all the more moving, and the Lambs' achievements all the more remarkable' - Allan Massie, Scotsman‘Riveting ... Her story of this extraordinary relationship is surely one of the most bizarre and heart-rending imaginable, and offers an indelible portrait of two of literature's most intriguing figures' - Val Hennessy, Daily MailA stunning biography of Mary Lamb, who murdered her mother with a knife before going on to write Tales From Shakespeare with her brother CharlesOn 22 September 1796 Mary Lamb murdered her mother with a carving knife. However, she was neither imprisoned nor punished, but instead released into the care of her younger brother Charles. They went on to share their home, friends and work for nearly forty years. They wrote the children's classic Tales from Shakespeare together, ran a literary agency, and had a salon frequented by Coleridge, Wordsworth, Hazlitt and Godwin. However, the Lambs' popularity existed in the shadow of Mary's recurring bouts of mania and depression and she was incarcerated in a mental institution for several months of each year. This memorable portrait of one of literature's most romantic figures examines this extraordinary brother-sister relationship and, amidst the many contradictions and chaotic episodes of her life, uncovers the real Mary Lamb.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Kathy Watson EAN: 9780747571131 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 214 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DATE PUBLISHED: 2005-10-17 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures WIDTH: 129 cm SPINE:

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      19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Biography: writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Coping with / advice about depression and other mood disorders

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      The daughter of a Scottish mother and a Jamaican father, Kathy Watson was brought up in Devon. After graduating from Oxford University, she worked for the BBC and then as a journalist and editor in national women's magazines. Her first book, The Crossing, also a biography, was published in 2000. She is currently a freelance journalist and lives in North London with her husband and two small children.
      ‘Kathy Watson has achieved the rare combination of sensitive, meticulous research with readability' - Virginia Rounding, Sunday Times‘Careful, intelligent, absorbing ... Watson tells Mary's story in a sensible, matter-of-fact way, which makes it all the more moving, and the Lambs' achievements all the more remarkable' - Allan Massie, Scotsman‘Riveting ... Her story of this extraordinary relationship is surely one of the most bizarre and heart-rending imaginable, and offers an indelible portrait of two of literature's most intriguing figures' - Val Hennessy, Daily MailA stunning biography of Mary Lamb, who murdered her mother with a knife before going on to write Tales From Shakespeare with her brother CharlesOn 22 September 1796 Mary Lamb murdered her mother with a carving knife. However, she was neither imprisoned nor punished, but instead released into the care of her younger brother Charles. They went on to share their home, friends and work for nearly forty years. They wrote the children's classic Tales from Shakespeare together, ran a literary agency, and had a salon frequented by Coleridge, Wordsworth, Hazlitt and Godwin. However, the Lambs' popularity existed in the shadow of Mary's recurring bouts of mania and depression and she was incarcerated in a mental institution for several months of each year. This memorable portrait of one of literature's most romantic figures examines this extraordinary brother-sister relationship and, amidst the many contradictions and chaotic episodes of her life, uncovers the real Mary Lamb.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Kathy Watson EAN: 9780747571131 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 214 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DATE PUBLISHED: 2005-10-17 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures WIDTH: 129 cm SPINE:

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      19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Biography: writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Coping with / advice about depression and other mood disorders

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      The daughter of a Scottish mother and a Jamaican father, Kathy Watson was brought up in Devon. After graduating from Oxford University, she worked for the BBC and then as a journalist and editor in national women's magazines. Her first book, The Crossing, also a biography, was published in 2000. She is currently a freelance journalist and lives in North London with her husband and two small children.

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