Acclaimed biographer Paula Byrne explores the forces that shaped the interior life of one of the most beloved novelists in the English language: her father's religious faith; her mother's aristocratic pedigree; her eldest brother's...

Look to Your Wife von Byrne, Paula

Jane Austen's lesser-known love of farce and comic theatre celebrates this influence on her work and draws attention to how it manifests itself in dialogue, characterisation, plotting and more to lead to the ease of adapting her novels...

Filled with a wealth of revealing new material and insight, the biography of the vivacious, unconventional—and nearly forgotten—young Kennedy sister who charmed American society and the English aristocracy, and would break with her...

In this biography of Jane Austen, Byrne explores the forces that shaped the interior life of Britain's most beloved novelist. These include her father's religious faith, her mother's aristocratic pedigree, her eldest brother's adoption,...

'Hollywood, we're reminded, is after all a through-the-looking glass world, and Byrne writes authoritatively about its illusions and obscene, glittering excess ... Compelling' Daily Mail 'Both eye-poppingly fun and thought-provoking' The...

This compelling and richly researched book presents a fascinating portrait ofMary Robinson--darling of the London stage, mistress to the most powerful menin England, feminist thinker, and bestselling author. von Byrne, Paula

Engaging biography about one of England's greatest novelists, and the glamorous, eccentric, debauched and tragic family that provided him with the inspiration for his masterpiece, "Brideshead Revisited". This original biography unlocks...