{"product_id":"lesley-blanch-9780719565472","title":"Lesley Blanch","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA biography full of romanticism, exoticism, glamour and fantasy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A lively, colourful portrait, packed with people and travel' * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e'Boston proves a sure-footed and sympathetic guide through the labyrinth of Blanch's self-invention' * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e'Boston has succeeded . . . remarkably well, in capturing the spirit and wit of a sexy and scholarly romantic' * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e'As exotic and tantalising as a tale from the Arabian Nights. Glamorous and unconventional' * Daily Express *\u003cbr\u003e'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 *\u003cbr\u003e'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 *\u003cbr\u003e'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 *","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404111192407,"sku":"9780719565472","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719565472.jpg?v=1730485456","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lesley-blanch-9780719565472","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}