A unique testimony to modern literature's most celebrated and enduring marriage.
Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works and she has also written five highly praised books which focus on women in history. Antonia Fraser was made CBE in 1999 and awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000.
A wonderful tour of the world's top tables...the charm of this book
lies in the powerful love between her and Pinter...Her account of
Pinter's last days, roaring like a lion in the face of death, are
deeply moving.
*TIMES*
Brave but often funny in its account of a scandal that became a
destiny, it teaches modern lovers a lesson that many will need to
learn: how to say the long goodbye.
*INDEPENDENT*
Combining disarming emotional frankness with restrained elegance,
Antonia Fraser weaves her diary entries and memories into a
compelling and moving history of a long, passionate
relationship.
*SUNDAY TIMES*
The quiet brilliance of this book steals up on you... it's funny,
clever and controlled... there is so much generosity here and so
much love that by the final page, in a London hospital on Christmas
Eve 2008, I was in tears.
*GUARDIAN*
An uplifting, warm and moving tribute
*GOOD BOOK GUIDE*
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