{"product_id":"elizabeth-tayllor-angel-2006-paperback","title":"Elizabeth Tayllor: Angel [2006] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTRODUCED BY HILARY MANTEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - Sarah Waters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting stories that are extravagant and fanciful, fifteen-year old Angel retreats to a world of romance, escaping the drabness of provincial life. She knows she is different, that she is destined to become a feted authoress, owner of great riches and of Paradise House . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter reading \u003ci\u003eThe Lady Irania\u003c\/i\u003e, publishers Brace and Gilchrist are certain the novel will be a success, in spite of - perhaps because of - its overblown style. But they are curious as to who could have written such a book - an elderly lady, romanticising behind lace curtains? A mustachioed rogue? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey were not expecting it to be the pale, serious teenage girl, sitting before them without a hint of irony in her soul. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning-point in one's own experience' \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Bowen\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'No writer has described the English middle classes with more gently devastating accuracy' \u003cb\u003eRebecca Abrams, \u003ci\u003eSpectator \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tayllor, Elizabeth \u0026 Mantel, Hilary","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":54556729966931,"sku":"XV81844083077","price":3.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/9781844083077.jpg?v=1786470538","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/elizabeth-tayllor-angel-2006-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}