Ariane Bankes

When her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes inherited a battered trunk stuffed with letters and diaries belonging to Celia and her twin Mamaine. This correspondence charted the remarkable lives of the Paget sisters and their friends and lovers, including Arthur Koestler, Albert Camus, Sartre and de Beauvoir, and George Orwell. Out of this rich archive, The Quality of Love...

Oh, what lives they both led! — Spectator Enriched by the correspondence between the twins - for, ultimately, the great love story is theirs alone — Telegraph A TLS Book of the Year When her mother, Celia Paget, died, Ariane Bankes inherited a battered trunk stuffed with letters and diaries belonging to Celia and her twin, Mamaine. This correspondence charted...