Clare Booth Luce

by Wilfrid Sheed

Part memoir, part biography, this portrait of Clare Boothe Luce sketches a fascinating woman whose extensive, multi-faceted career encompassed the fields of magazine journalism, theater, politics, and diplomacy

Genres: Biography

183 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Sheed was born in London to Francis "Frank" Sheed and Mary "Maisie" Ward, prominent Roman Catholic publishers (Sheed & Ward) in the United Kingdom and the United States during the mid-20th century. Wilfrid Sheed spent his childhood in both England and the United States before attending Downside School and Lincoln College, Oxford where he earned BA (1954) and MA (1957) degrees.

Reviews

[Josiah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Wilfred Sheed was the novelist son of Catholic book publishers Frank Sheed and Maisie Ward. This book is a half memoir/half biography of Clare Booth Luce, who was a family friend. Luce is a fascinating character, but there are better books about her, and Sheed comes across as kind of a lech if not a leech.