Secrets Of A Woman's Heart: The Later Life Of Ivy Compton Burnett, 1920-1969

by Hilary Spurling

Secrets of a Woman's Heart. The Later Life of Ivy Compton-Burnett 1920-1969

Hardcover

Published June 1, 1984

About the author

Hilary Spurling, CBE, FRSL (born 1940) is an English writer, known as a journalist and biographer. She won the Whitbread Prize for the second volume of her biography of Henri Matisse in January 2006. Burying The Bones: Pearl Buck in China was published in March 2010.

She is married to playwright John Spurling, and has three children (Amy, Nathaniel and Gilbert) and two grandchildren.

Reviews

[Lucy · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an excellent piece of work. No speculation, just solid fact, beautifully expressed and so sympathetic. Highly recommended, as of course are the works of Ivy Compton-Burnett herself. This biography will heighten you appreciation of this compelling author.