{"product_id":"9781843517412","title":"Telling Tales: The Fabuous Lives of Anita Leslie","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnita Leslie was a celebrated biographer who wrote extensively on subjects who were often her own relatives, such as her great-aunt Jennie Churchill, mother of Winston, and the sculptor Clare Sheridan, a cousin. She also wrote a life of Rodin in 'Rodin: Immortal Peasant' (1939) and the best-selling 'Edwardians in Love' (1972). In 1983 her best-selling wartime memoir 'A Story Half Told' detailed her experiences as an ambulance driver in the French Army during the Second World War. This was based on a more revealing memoir entitled'Train to Nowhere' (1948). After the war, her life was, at first, haphazard. A complicated and tumultuous divorce from her first husband, a concealed birth and a second marriage are all revealed in candid, breathless letters. Her second husband was Commander Bill King who singlehandedly circumnavigated the world. Anita Leslie was a true heroine fighting the circumstances of her life, bravely navigating her own flawed and bewildered self. Penny Perrick brings together the intricacies of Leslie's life in a stunning biography telling of adventure, memories, heartache and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lilliput Press, Limited, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161582715120,"sku":"9781843517412","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781843517412_p0.jpg?v=1763743530","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781843517412","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}