On the Wilder Shores of Love

Description

Most famous for her novel The Wilder Shores of Love, Lesley Blanch was a scholarly romantic and a bold writer with a lifelong passion for Russia, the Balkans and the Middle East. Blanch became features editor for Vogue during WWII, before travelling the world with her husband, Romain Gary, who promptly left her when he met Jean Seberg in Hollywood. This book, edited by Blanch’s goddaughter, is a collection of her memoirs and recollections of a fascinating Bohemian life that spanned the entire 20th century. This is the first edition in very good condition.