Lady Gregory's Toothbrush
05 September 2003
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Colm Tóibín's Lady Gregory's Toothbrush is a beautiful insight into the life of outspoken Irishwoman, Augusta Gregory.
A remarkable figure in Celtic history, she was married to an MP and land-owner, yet retained an unprecedented independence of both thought and deed, actively championing causes close to her heart. At once conservative and radical in her beliefs, she saw no conflict in...
Details
05 September 2003
128 pages
9780330419932
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Biographical portraits are too often nowadays smudged in a surfeit of words . . . this one is a brilliant illumination.Spectator