{"product_id":"the-extraordinary-life-of-rebecca-west-a-biography","title":"The Extraordinary Life of Rebecca West: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eRebecca West was a leading figure in the twentieth century literary scene. A passionate suffragist  socialist  fiercely intelligent  Rebecca West began her career as a writer with articles in The Freewoman and The Clarion. Her first book  a biography of Henry James  was published when she was only twenty-four  and her first novel followed just two years later. She had a notorious affair with H.G. Wells  and their illegitimate son  Anthony  was born at the beginning of the First World War.  The author of several novels  she is perhaps best remembered for her classic account of pre-war Yugoslavia  Black Lamb  Grey Falcon (published by Macmillan in 1941 and as relevant today as it was sixty years ago) and for her coverage of the Nuremberg Trials. When she died in 1983 at the age of 90  William Shawn  then editor-in-chief of the New Yorker  said: Rebecca West was one of the giants and will have a lasting place in English literature. No one in this century wrote more dazzling prose  or had more wit  or looked at the intricacies of human character and the ways of the world more intelligently. Formidably talented  West was a towering figure in the British literary landscape. Lorna Gibbs vivid and insightful biography affords a dazzling insight into her life and work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968544698421,"sku":"ByrdShop_1619023067","price":90.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781619023062.jpg?v=1770651457","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-extraordinary-life-of-rebecca-west-a-biography","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}