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Writers Between the Covers: The Scandalous Romantic Lives of Legendary Literary Casanovas, Coquettes, and Cads

Why did Norman Mailer stab his second wife at a party? Who was Edith Wharton’s secret transatlantic lover? What motivated Anaïs Nin to become a bigamist?
 
WRITERS BETWEEN THE COVERS rips the sheets off these and other real-life love stories of the literati --- some with fairy tale endings and others that resulted in break-ups, breakdowns and brawls. Among the writers laid bare are Agatha Christie, who sparked the largest-ever manhunt in England as her marriage fell apart; Arthur Miller, whose jaw-dropping pairing with Marilyn Monroe proved that opposites attract, at least initially; and T.S. Eliot, who slept in a deckchair on his disastrous honeymoon.
 
From the best break-up letters to the stormiest love triangles to the boldest cougars and cradle-robbers, this fun and accessible volume --- packed with lists, quizzes and in-depth exposés --- reveals literary history’s most titillating loves, lusts and longings.

Writers Between the Covers: The Scandalous Romantic Lives of Legendary Literary Casanovas, Coquettes, and Cads
by Shannon McKenna Schmidt and Joni Rendon

  • Publication Date: October 29, 2013
  • Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Writing
  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Plume
  • ISBN-10: 0452298466
  • ISBN-13: 9780452298460