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Mark Bostridge - In Pursuit of Love, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

In Pursuit of Love

A Journey in the Footsteps of Obsession

Av Mark Bostridge

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'Profound, shattering and utterly immersive' Frances Wilson'Blurring the edges of biography and autobiography, Bostridge displays a profound empathy for Adele, even at her most baffing and elusive' Literary ReviewIn this unforgettably shattering memoir, Mark Bostridge finds himself haunted by the daughter of Victor Hugo. More than a century after her mysterious disappearance, he pursues Adele on her doomed and reckless journey of unrequited love. But as he follows Adele's footsteps around the world, from Normandy to the Caribbean, he is forced to confront all the ways in which her fate parallels his own.A TLS BOOK OF THE YEARFIVES STARS DAILY TELEGRAPH'A compelling experiment in biography-cum-memoir' TLS'An unforgettable journey' Ferdinand Mount'Mark Bostridge's innovative biography... of haunting beauty and stylistic grace' Daily Telegraph'Utterly immersive' The Oldie
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-02-12
  • Mått: 128 x 196 x 30 mm
  • Vikt: 240 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 288
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • ISBN: 9781399416030
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Mark Bostridge’s books include Vera Brittain: A Life, shortlisted for the Whitbread Biography Award, the NCR Non-Fiction Prize, and the Fawcett Prize; the bestselling Letters from a Lost Generation; Florence Nightingale, The Woman and Her Legend, winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography; and The Fateful Year, England 1914, shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize. He has written widely for national newspapers and journals, and appeared on television and radio.

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Mark Bostridge’s innovative biography…weaving episodes of his own emotional life into hers and producing something of haunting beauty and stylistic grace...a book full of pain and sadness, but one that is a melancholy pleasure to read.

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