Claire Tomalin
Apr 09, 2000•38 min
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Episode description
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is Claire Tomalin. A writer and literary editor, she is probably best known for a series of acclaimed biographies of women, including Mary Wollstonecraft, and Jane Austin. She began working in the literary world late in life, after bringing up her family. This, and a series of personal tragedies, including the death of her husband and two of her children, has no doubt made her particularly sympathetic to the lives of literary women in the 19th century.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Sull'aria. Che Soave Zeffietto (Act 3) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Complete diaries by Samuel Pepys Luxury: A garden
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