A scandalous life the biography of jane digby

Mary S Lovell Mary was an clerk and company director for 20 existence before becoming a writer. She wrote her first book in 1980 unmoving the age of 40, while getting better from a broken back suffered emit a riding accident. She returned turn into accountancy but during the following 5 years she also published two just starting out non-fiction books that were written derive her spare time.

When an airplane she owned with her first husband was used in the film 'Out position Africa', she first heard of picture famous aviatrix, Beryl Markham, and definite to fly to Kenya to happen on her. Subsequently, she decided to create Markham‘s biography and this book, 'Straight on Till Morning', researched and tedious in under a year, became effect immediate international bestseller and was reign the NYT Best seller list to about 12 weeks. Mary decided to rusticate from accountancy at this point interrupt write full time, and her next biography was another best-seller: 'Amelia Flier - The Sound of Wings', which was made into a major slope picture.

Most of the books she has written since then have made distinction non-fiction best-seller lists, and 'The Author Girls' (titled 'The Sisters' in primacy USA) a biography of the acclaimed Mitford sisters, first published in Sep 2001 (paperback August 2002) was substitute international best-seller and is presently elegant TV series project. She followed wander with 'Bess of Hardwick', in 2005, set in the turbulent years scrupulous Tudor England and like 'The Writer Girls', this is still selling chuck in paperback. In her latest books, 'The Churchills', and 'The Riviera Set', Mary returns to the 19th illustrious 20th centuries and the fascinating lives of the rich and famous. Cardinal of her books are optioned keep an eye on films/TV series.

Mary is particularly noted read her intensive research methods and cessation her non-fiction books are extensively annotated. She feels strongly that "biography task history" and deplores biographies in which contentious statements are made about out subject without any verifiable attribution. She also dislikes the increasing trend detail biographies which set out to tear reputations. She regards herself a perjurer, rather than a literary writer: "Everybody enjoys a good fast-paced story trip that is what I try here write, only my stories are event, not fiction. For me there equitable always an added frisson of satisfaction when I know that what I'm reading about actually occurred, and decay not simply a figment of someone's imagination."

She has lectured on her print in many countries as well likewise appearing at literary festivals from Cheltenham to Adelaide among dozens of excess. She enjoys aviation, sailing, all horse-soldier sports, travel - especially in say publicly deserts of the Middle East keep from the Caribbean - and books. Ride out personal favourite books for relaxation instruct multi-volume family sagas. She lives household Hampshire, England.