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Book SynopsisA biography full of romanticism, exoticism, glamour and fantasy
Trade Review'A lively, colourful portrait, packed with people and travel' * Daily Mail *
'Boston proves a sure-footed and sympathetic guide through the labyrinth of Blanch's self-invention' * Sunday Times *
'Boston has succeeded . . . remarkably well, in capturing the spirit and wit of a sexy and scholarly romantic' * Guardian *
'As exotic and tantalising as a tale from the Arabian Nights. Glamorous and unconventional' * Daily Express *
'Boston has . . . written a scrupulous, sympathetic, occasionally rather flowery book which . . . comes as close to the truth about any elusive and not altogether likeable subject as any biography could' * Spectator *
'Boston's affectionate and admiring biography supplies some of the detail about which her subject was notably vague, but leaves the Blanch legend largely intact' * Daily Telegraph *
'For sheer fund I recommend Lesley Blanch . . . which offers a romp through the glittering combination of fantasy and fact under which this entrancing adventuress buried the mundane details . . . of her early life. Boston's eye for a comic quote . . . adds zest to the story of a writer whose favourite motto was: "Get up and get on with it." ' * Miranda Seymour, Daily Telegraph Books of the Year *
