Paula Byrne, Author . Harper $25.99 (367p) ISBN 978-0-06-088130-6
The identity of the aristocratic family that inspired Brideshead Revisited
has long been known to Waugh biographers: Byrne's (Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson
) considerable contribution to literary history...
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Paula Byrne. Harper, $29.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-199909-3
Just in time for the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (first published in January 1813), comes Paula Byrne's vivacious new portrait of its author. The approach Byrne (Jane Austen and the Theatre) takes is refreshingly material-b
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Paula Byrne. Harper, $29.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-229627-6
Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy (1920–1948) was as intelligent, vivacious, and attractive as her older and better known brother, John. Unfortunately, this account from British biographer Byrne (Belle: The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice) is...
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Paula Byrne. Harper Perennial, $16.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-267449-4
Biographer Byrne (The Real Jane Austen) explores Austen’s relationship to the theater by placing her letters and novels within the context of popular Georgian-era dramas. While readers naturally associate Austen with the novel, Byrne argues that her
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Paula Byrne. William Collins, $34.99 (704p) ISBN 978-0-00-832220-5
Byrne (Kick: The True Story of JFK’s Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth) captures in this insightful biography the life of British author Barbara Pym (1913–1980), drawing extensively on Pym’s correspondence, diaries, and notebooks to illustrate how...
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