| Author: | Tony Cox | ISBN: | 9781786822666 |
| Publisher: | Oberon Books | Publication: | September 28, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Oberon Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tony Cox |
| ISBN: | 9781786822666 |
| Publisher: | Oberon Books |
| Publication: | September 28, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Oberon Books |
| Language: | English |
"So what you want, in a nutshell, George, is a mistress, housekeeper, nurse, literary executor and mother for Richard?"
University College hospital, London, 1949. George Orwell is in the last chapter of his life with a severe case of Tuberculosis. He still believes he has at least three novels in him so to keep his morale up he promptly proposes to friend Sonia Brownell, a 30 year old assistant magazine editor. When Sonia learns that she is his only hope, she must decide whether to succumb to the advances of Lucien Freud or enter a platonic marriage with one of the countries most renowned writers.
"So what you want, in a nutshell, George, is a mistress, housekeeper, nurse, literary executor and mother for Richard?"
University College hospital, London, 1949. George Orwell is in the last chapter of his life with a severe case of Tuberculosis. He still believes he has at least three novels in him so to keep his morale up he promptly proposes to friend Sonia Brownell, a 30 year old assistant magazine editor. When Sonia learns that she is his only hope, she must decide whether to succumb to the advances of Lucien Freud or enter a platonic marriage with one of the countries most renowned writers.
