Books
by Adam Nicolson
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The Hated Wife: Carrie Kipling 1862-1939 |
Carrie Kipling was the most hated woman of her generation . . . what a heading! A small book for bedtime - fascinating, intriguing - a complicated and sad woman so long despised but Adam Nicolson gives her back her humanity with clarity and grace. She was the backbone that Rudyard lacked and the public did not see.
(Shirley Williams - bwl 84 Spring 2017) |
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When God Spoke English: The Making of the King James Bible |
A fine piece of history, ecclesiology and literature rolled into one relating how the James VI Bible came to be written, under the auspices of the King himself, by a motley crew of un-named scholars and clergymen from Cambridge, Oxford and London. This creation of monumental significance written in the time of Shakespeare, Jonson and Bacon survives virtually unaltered to the present day. Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West's grandson tells its story brilliantly.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 69 Summer 2013) |
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