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Rosamond Lehmann (1901–1990) was born on the day of Queen Victoria’s funeral, in Buckinghamshire, England, the second of four children. In 1927, a few years after graduating from the University of Cambridge, she published her first novel, Dusty Answer, to critical acclaim and instantaneous celebrity. Lehmann continued to write and publish between 1930 and 1976, penning works including The Weather in the Streets, The Ballad and the Source, and the short memoir The Swan in the Evening. Lehmann was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1982 and remains one of the most distinguished novelists of the twentieth century.
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“I cannot doubt that this is Miss Lehmann’s best and most permanent book.” —Raymond Mortimer
“An exciting adventure in fiction. Unconventional in structure, in characterisation and development of story . . . Unforgettable.” —New York Herald Tribune
“An exciting adventure in fiction. Unconventional in structure, in characterisation and development of story . . . Unforgettable.” —New York Herald Tribune
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- PublisherVirago Press (UK)
- Publication date2006
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- ISBN 13 9781844083640
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