Milton and his world
[by] C. V. Wedgwood
The life of the well-known English poet and educator set against the social life and historic events of the seventeenth century.
Read Time: ~10.1 hr
Ottoline Morrell
by Miranda Seymour (1998)
About this book
A biography of Ottoline Morrell, patron of an early 20th century British salon that included Viginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, D.H. Lawrence, Siegfriend Sassoon, Augustus John, and Bertrand Russell.
Setting / LocationLondon & UK
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreOttoline Morrell Lead Character
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