Lifelong passion alexandra story

 HARD COVER - COLOUR PLATES - 667 PAGES - PUBLISHED ORION PUBLISHEING 1996.

  THE YEAR IS 1803, AND DARCY AND ELIZABETH HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR SIX YEARS.  THERE ARE NOW TWO HANDSOME  AND HEALTHY SONS IN THE PEMBERLEY NURSERY, ELIZABETH'S  BELOVED SISTER JANE AND HER HUSBAND, BINGLEY, LIVE  WITHIN SEVENTEEN MILES, THE ORDERED AND SECURE LIFE OF  PEMBERLEY SEEMS UNASSAILABLE, AND ELIZABETH'S   HAPPINESS IN HER MARRIAGE IS COMPLETE.  BUT THEIR PEACE IS  THREATENED AND OLD SINS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS ARE  REKINDLED ON THE EVE OF THE ANNUAL AUTUMN BALL.  THE  DARCYS AND THEIR GUESTS ARE PREPARING TO RETIRE FOR THE  NIGHT WHEN A CHAISE APPEARS, ROCKING DOWN THE PATH FROM  PEMBERLEY'S WILD WOODLAND, AND AS IT PULLS UP, LYDIA  WICKHAM, AN UNINVITED GUEST, TUMBLES OUT, SCREAMING THAT HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN MURDERED. IN A PITCH-PERFECT RECREATION OF THE WORLD OF PRIDE AND  PREJUDICE, P.D. JAMES ELEGANTLY FUSES HER LIFELONG PASSION  FOR THE WORK OF JANE AUSTEN WITH HER TALENT FOR  WRITING DETECTIVE FICTION.  SHE WEAVES A COMPELLING  STORY, COMBINING A SENSITIVE INSIGHT INTO THE HAPPY  BUT THREATENED MARRIAGE OF THE DARCYS AND THE   EXCITEMENT AND SUSPENSE OF A BRILLIANTLY CRAFTED  DETECTIVE STORY.  DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY ENSHRINES   THE QUALITIES HER READERS HAVE COME TO EXPECT:  PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL RICHNESS OF   CHARACTERIZATION, VIVID EVOCATION OF PLACE, AND A CREDIBLE AND SUPERBLY STRUCTURED PLOT, IN A POWERFUL  AND DISTINGUISHED WORK OF FICTION.   PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER PUBLISHED: 2011 PAGES: 310 ISBN: 978-0-571-28358-3 PAPERBACK GENRE: HISTORICAL FICTION   SECOND HAND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days A prelude to fame, Just Kids recounts the friendship of two young artists--Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe - whose passion fueled their lifelong pursuit of art. In 1967, a chance meeting between two young people led to a romance and a lifelong friendship that would carry each to international success never dreamed of. The backdrop is Brooklyn, Chelsea Hotel, Max's Kansas City, Scribner's Bookstore, Coney Island, Warhol's Factory and the whole city resplendent. Among their friends, literary lights, musicians and artists such as Harry Smith, Bobby Neuwirth, Allen Ginsberg, Sandy Daley, Sam Shepherd, William Burroughs, etc. It was a heightened time politically and culturally; the art and music worlds exploding and colliding. In the midst of all this two kids made a pact to always care for one another. Scrappy, romantic, committed to making art, they prodded and provided each other with faith and confidence during the hungry years--the days of cous-cous and lettuce soup. Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. Beautifully written, this is a profound portrait of two young artists, often hungry, sated only by art and experience. And an unforgettable portrait of New York, her rich and poor, hustlers and hellions, those who made it and those whose memory lingers near. Features Summary Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe Author Patti Smith Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Release date 20101215 Pages 288 ISBN 0-7475-6876-6 ISBN 13 978-0-7475-6876-6