Sidetracks

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2000
Edition: First Edition

Description: 420 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: With this collection of short and fascinating biographical pieces , the award-winning biographer of Coleridge and Shelley offers a fascinating glimpse into the mysterious art of biography.When researching, Richard Holmes has often become captivated by figures peripheral to his main subject, literary forays that he couldnt resist. These talesthe forbidden love of John Stuart Mill, the bizarre novel of Oscar Wildes tragic grand-uncle, Scott and Zelda Fitzgeralds nightmarish yet cathartic final trip to Parisare part of what comprises Sidetracks , a marvelously original that includes letters and travelogues, radio plays, essays, and minature biographies. This book is a rare literary feast and an exploration of the creative processes of one of our most preeminent biographers.

ISBN: 9780002555784