As the riders pile up in the crashes at this year’s Tour de France, take break for a slower paced, more gentle Tour with George’s Grand Tour by Caroline Vermalle, translated from the French by Ann Aitken. It won’t take you long to understand why this heartwarming story is an international bestseller. George is eighty-three.…
‘Behind Every Great Man’ Brings You Bite-Sized Portraits Of Forgotten Women
Behind Every Great Man: The Forgotten Women Behind the World’s Famous and Infamous by Marlene Wagman-Geller, offers a collection of short biographies, usually six to ten pages, of the wives of famous men. From Johanna Bertha Julie Jenny von Westphalen (aristocratic wife of Karl Marx) to Eva Gabrielsson (common-law wife of Stieg Larsson), from artists…