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A Book of Secrets

Michael Holroyd

The author shares the stories of unknown women who played significant roles in the lives of prominent figures, including a mistress shared by the second Lord Grimthorpe and the Prince of Wales, a creative muse of Auguste Rodin, and a novelist lover of Vita Sackville-West.

GenresWomenBiographyGifted womenDaughtersIllegitimate childrenAbsentee fathers

258 pages, 3 editions

English edition · First published 2010 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux · ISBN 9780374115586

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Editions

3 editions

English

  • A book of secrets · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 2011 · ISBN 9780374115586 This page
  • A Book of Secrets: Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers · Vintage · 2011 · ISBN 9780099548942
  • A Book of Secrets: Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers · Chatto & Windus · 2010 · ISBN 9780701185343

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