Wild Mary - The Life of Mary Wesley

Patrick Marnham wrote the authorised and astonishing story of popular author Mary Wesley and was joined by Mary Wesley’s son, literary agent Toby Eady, to discuss her work and life. Together they gave a fascinating talk on the intriguing, talented ‘Wild Mary’. She famously began writing at the age of seventy. Her ten bestselling novels, including The Camomile Lawn, won her thousands of fans, and described a world that she had known in her youth – the world of war-time London, with its fear and high-spirits and casual sex. Mary Wesley lived a life more fascinating, scandalous and passionate than any she created for her heroines...