by Nicholas Shakespeare · Harvill Secker · tapa dura · ISBN 9781846554834
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«Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France» is the historical biography by Nicholas Shakespeare, published by Harvill Secker in hardback.
Nicholas Shakespeare reconstructs the life of his aunt Priscilla from letters and diaries found after her death. Priscilla, a young Englishwoman in Nazi-occupied France, lived amid rumours about her time in the Resistance; her story includes a marriage to a French aristocrat, a prisoner-of-war camp and a relationship with Otto.
The edition has 448 pages in English and was published in 2013. The work was nominated for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in the biography category.
For readers of historical biographies and the Second World War, especially those interested in women and life in occupied France.
Nicholas William Richmond Shakespeare FRSL is a British novelist, biographer, broadcaster, and journalist. He was described by the Wall Street Journal as "one of the best English novelists of our time". He has written biographies of Bruce Chatwin, Ian Fleming, and his aunt in Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France. Shakespeare is also known for his charity work.
