Strange Eventful History
A major literary event from òne of the greatest biographers of our age': Michael Holroyd's stunning biography is an epic yet intimate portrait of two theatrical dynasties that moves from the Victorian stage to the modern age. Ellen Terry was a natural actress who filled the theatre with a magical radiance. The Times called her the ùncrowned queen of England' but behind her public success lay a darker story. The child-bride of G. F. Watts, she eloped with a friend of Oscar Wilde at 21 and gave birth to 2 illegitimate children. But her greatest partnership was on-stage, with legendary actor-manager and tragedian Henry Irving.
620 pages
English edition · First published 2008 by Chatto & Windus · ISBN 9780701179878
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