{"product_id":"book-of-secrets-9781250007667","title":"Book of Secrets","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003eTop Ten Nonfiction Book of 2011\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2011 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a hill above the Italian village of Ravello sits the Villa Cimbrone, a place of fantasy and make-believe. The characters who move through Michael Holroyd's \u003ci\u003eA Book of Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e are destined never to meet, yet the Villa Cimbrone and one man unite them all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis elegiac work is about the quest of unearthing and recounting the stories of women always on the periphery of the respectable world--from Alice Keppel, the mistress of both the second Lord Grimthorpe and the Prince of Wales; to Eve Fairfax, a muse of Auguste Rodin; to the novelist Violet Trefusis, the lover of Vita Sackville-West. \u003cbr\u003eAlso on the margins is the elusive biographer, who on occasion turns an appraising eye upon himself as part of his investigations in the maze of biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250007667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.56w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/02\/2012 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Holroyd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39329335869621,"sku":"9781250007667","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_31c89a22-b057-489f-9c93-7d6574001d3d.jpg?v=1614691140","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/book-of-secrets-9781250007667","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}