Selina Hastings

A Quiet Affair

Rose Macaulay

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SINCE ROSE MACAULAY’S death in 1958 there have been two volumes of her letters and no fewer than three biographies, of which Sarah LeFanu’s is the most recent. This might seem a bit much for such a minor figure, but LeFanu makes a good case for a re-evaluation of Macaulay as a writer as well as presenting us with some important new material.

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