TITLE:
Love's civil war : Elizabeth Bowen and Charles Ritchie, letters and diaries, 1941-1973 / edited by Victoria Glendinning with Judith Robertson.
Alternate Title:
Elizabeth Bowen and Charles Ritchie, letters and diaries, 1941-1973
Publication Date:
2008
Publication Information:
Toronto : McClelland & Stewart,
Physical Description:
489 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
The Anglo-Irish novelist Elizabeth Bowen and the Canadian diplomat Charles Ritchie met in London, England, in 1941; they then embarked on a love affair that lasted until her death in 1973. Most of the time the lovers were apart, snatching a few days together when they could, but they wrote constantly to each other, letters in which she poured out her heart to him about their affair, about her money troubles, about friends, politics, and literature. Ritchie's letters back have not survived, but he wrote candidly about Bowen in his diaries. Some descriptions of sex.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780771035661
