Charlotte Mary Yonge may be "placed" in literary history as the leading novelist of that Anglo-Catholic revival known as Tractarianism, or the Oxford Movement; but this classification cannot explain why her domestic novels have always been enjoyed by man...
To say that Charlotte Mary Yonge's writings were designed to illustrate Tractarian principles at work in daily life is to convey a wholly misleading suggestion of dullness and dogmatism. In fact, Yonge's popularity in her own day (and among modern devote...
AS famous for her tumultuous love life as for her 12 novels, Elizabeth Jane Howard was a shining star of London's literary set, transmuting her experiences into the fiction that made her name. The tramp of men marching through her life is deafening....
A Beatle for a brother The Invisible Woman by Lucy Cavendish (Michael Joseph, Pounds 12.99) WHEN Samantha Smythe was a loving but inexperienced new mother struggling with difficult baby Edward, her feckless guitarist husband John upped and left. Three lonely years later, Fate...
Jan 8 (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday hinted he was preparing to marry Italian singer and former model Carla Bruni, but he avoided announcing a wedding date. Below are five facts about Sarkozy's relationships: * His first marriage was to Marie-Dominique...
PARIS, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Nicolas Sarkozy's love life has turned into a tale of sex, diamonds and rivalry amid reports that he gave similar rings to his new girlfriend Carla Bruni and his former wife Cecilia. And three new books are making it...
