by Josceline Dimbleby · Doubleday · tapa dura · ISBN 9780385603232
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«A Profound Secret: May Gaskell, her daughter Amy, and Edward Burne-Jones» is the biography written by Josceline Dimbleby, published by Doubleday in hardcover.
The author reconstructs the life of her great-grandmother May Gaskell, her daughter Amy, and their relationship with the Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Burne-Jones. Drawing on unpublished letters kept by the family, Dimbleby explores the passionate bond between May and the artist and the mysteries surrounding Amy's death, who according to family tradition died «of love».
Published in March 2004, the edition comprises 344 pages and includes bibliographic references (pages 335-336) and an index.
A work for readers interested in historical biographies, the Victorian art world, and early 20th-century England.
Josceline Rose Dimbleby is a British cookery writer. She has written seventeen cookery books, and was cookery correspondent of The Sunday Telegraph for 15 years.
