{"product_id":"9780099498179-wild-mary-the-life-of-mary-wesley","title":"Wild Mary: The Life Of Mary Wesley","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMary Wesley published her first novel at seventy and went on to write a further nine bestsellers, including the legendary The Camomile Lawn. Many of her stories were inspired by her experiences during the Blitz, and by her marriages. The author highlights the links between Wesley's real life and her fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Wesley published her first novel at seventy and went on to write a further nine bestsellers, including the legendary \u003ci\u003eThe Camomile Lawn\u003c\/i\u003e, in a style best described as arsenic without the old lace. Many of her stories were inspired by her experiences during the Blitz, and by her marriages: the first to an aristocrat, a brief and conventional affair, and the second to a penniless writer she adored.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable book about a remarkable woman, Patrick Marnham's brilliantly researched and wonderfully impartial book disentangles truth from rumour, highlighting the links between Wesley's real life and her fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450678587766,"sku":"9780099498179","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32339031.jpg?v=1760453779","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099498179-wild-mary-the-life-of-mary-wesley","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}