A biography of the author of "The King must die" discusses her harsh upbringing, her scholarship years at Oxford, her work as a nurse during World War II, her writing, and her life in South Africa

Mary Renault: A Biography

Sweetman, David

History

Harcourt

The author of The Charioteer and The King Must Die, Renault studied at Oxford but eventually abandoned the academic world and England for South Africa, where she and her companion, Julie Mullard, remained. "A superb biography of an exceptional novelist" (New Yorker). Named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times. Index; photographs.

Mary Renault: A Biography (A Harvest Book)

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Mariner Books

A biography of van Gogh which unveils new information about his early years - his struggle to become an artist and the relatively short time in which he painted his masterpieces. The author has previously "ghosted" on Franco Zeffirelli's autobiography.

The love of many things: A life of Vincent van Gogh

Hodder and Stoughton

A biography of Van Gogh which provides information about his early years - his struggle to become an artist and the relatively short time in which he painted his masterpieces. The author has previously "ghosted" on Franco Zeffirelli's autobiography.

The Love of Many Things: A Life of Vincent Van Gogh

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Paul Gauguin: A Complete Life

Simon&Schuster

Toulouse-Lautrec and the fin-de-siecle reveals an artist in tune with the radical social and political forces that transformed his age, who moved in the secret world of anarchist revolutionaires, who stood by Oscar Wilde when most had forsaken him, and whose work, when seen afresh, reveals a deep pre-occupation with human - and especially female - suffering. Toulouse-Lautrec and the fin-de-siecle is a cultural biography that places Lautrec's life and work in the context of an era of tumultuous social upheaval which produced a creative outpouring that has seldom been matched.

Toulouse-Lautrec and the Fin-De-Siecle

Arts & Photography

Hodder&Stoughton

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Women Leaders in African History (African Historical Biographies)

World

Heinemann

Dispels the theory that van Gogh's last works were a product of his madness and challenges the assumption that he was a founding father of the modern movement in art. Van Gogh saw himself as part of the broad cultural life of the 19th century, and Sweetman places him within that context. With 16 pages of color and 32 pages of b&amp;w reproductions. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Van Gogh: His Life And His Art

Individual Artists

Crown

Looking into the deep end (Faber paperbacks)

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Faber and Faber

An in-depth study, which includes a wealth of new information about Van Gogh's early years, spiritual beliefs, and failed loves, probes the life of the Impressionist painter, examining his work, mental illness, and family relations

Van Gogh: His Life and His Art

Touchstone

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