{"product_id":"dangerous-intimacy-9780520250000","title":"Dangerous Intimacy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecovers Twain's final years as they really were - lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice, but also in the light of the author's unflagging energy and enthusiasm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A brilliant literary detective, Lystra is also particularly good at presenting the prejudicial myths.\" - Anthony Glavin, Irish Times \"Explores a chapter in the life of America's greatest storyteller, one he deeply regretted to the day he died. It is a chapter full of Victorian melodrama. At times, it reads like a steamy romance novel; at other times, like a textbook on power by Machiavelli.\" - Hartford Courant \"Lystra's narrative moves quickly, and offers an illuminating portrait of an aging Twain. The research is thorough, the personalities colorful.\" - The Jerusalem Post \"This gripping examination of Twain's later life recounts a family drama so fantastic it reads like the subplot of a daytime soap.... For all its intrigue and melodrama, this is a remarkably powerful and moving study.\" - Library Journal\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Preface A Note on Names  1. Mark Twain--and Sam's Women 2. Heartbreak 3. Rearranging the Household 4. Looking for Love 5. A Pact with the Devil 6. Life in the Sanitarium 7. Someone to Love Him and Pet Him 8. A Viper to Her Bosom 9. Innocence at Home 10. Stormfield 11. An American Lear 12. Illusions of Love 13. Unraveling 14. The Exile Returns 15. Confrontation 16. A Formidable Adversary 17. False Exoneration 18. The Funniest Joke in the World 19. Melting Marble with Ice 20. The End of My Autobiography  Epilogue: How Little One May Tell Notes Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402828882263,"sku":"9780520250000","price":20.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520250000.jpg?v=1730481625","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dangerous-intimacy-9780520250000","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}