Tag: Bloomsbury

• Square Haunting

  Dorothy L Sayers who I mentioned in my last post, also appears in this one – Square Haunting, by Francesca Wade, which is about five women who broke new ground in their professional and private lives between the First and Second World wars, and all lived in the same London Square (though not at the…

  chrisharding53

  January 31, 2021

  Non-fiction

  Bloomsbury, Dorothy L Sayers, Francesca Wade, Mecklenburgh Square, Square Haunting

• Lost Love and Eternal Triangles…

  This Art Deco figure by Demetre Chiparuscaptures the feel of the book as Nigel andCaroline seek love. Not knowing anything about Violet Trefusis, beyond the brief fact that she eloped with Vita Sackville-West and was the daughter of Alice Keppel (favourite mistress of King Edward VII) I had no idea what to expect from her…

  chrisharding53

  October 14, 2013

  Bloomsbury, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Hunt the Slipper, Violet Trefusis