About this title: 'Assia was my true wife, and the best friend I ever had', wrote a heart-broken Ted Hughes, after Assia Wevill surrendered her life and that of their four-year old daughter to the fumes from the gas oven in her London flat, in March 1969 six years after Sylvia Plath had suffered a similiar fate. Diva, she-devil, enchantress, muse, Lillith, Jezebel - the exquisitely beautiful Assia Wevill inspired or provoked many epithets in the course of three marriages and in pursuit of a destiny that took her from dark pre-war Berlin, to Palestine during the British Mandate and then to London in the ...
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Description: Very Good. Biography. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 'Assia was my true wife, and t he best friend I ever had', wrote a heart-broken Ted Hughes, after Assia We vill surrendered her life and that of their four-year old daughter to the f umes from the gas oven in her London flat, in March 1969 six years after Sy lvia Plath had suffered a similiar fate. Diva, she-devil, enchantress, muse, Lillith, Jezebel-the exquisitely beautiful Assia Wevill inspired or pro voked many epithets in the ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Robson Books Ltd
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781861059741ISBN:1861059744
Description: Very Good. CLOTH HARDBACK, in a lightly rubbed and bumped dust jacket. Clean and tight with minor wear. Over twenty years selling secondhand books. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Portico Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781905798209ISBN:1905798202
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Portico Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781905798209ISBN:1905798202
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Robson Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781861059741ISBN:1861059744
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Robson Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781861059741ISBN:1861059744
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Robson Books Ltd
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781861059741ISBN:1861059744
Description: New. Brand new books, maps and cd's available immediately from a reputable and well rated UK bookseller; despatched promptly and reliably worldwide. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Anova Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781861059741ISBN:1861059744
Description: New. A biography of Hughes's mistress, Assia Wevill, this book views the Sylvia Plath-Ted Hughes relationship and marriage, and presents the journey that shaped her life. This is a story formed by the pull of fatal attraction and obsessive love, fidelity a... read more
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Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. ISBN10: 1861059744. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: ROBSON BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781861059741ISBN:1861059744
Description: Hardback with D/J. NEW BOOK-MINOR SHELF WEAR. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
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