Francesca Wade

Square Haunting by Francesca Wade takes readers on a captivating journey through the lives of five extraordinary women who sought to carve out their own spaces in the interwar period of London. Set against the backdrop of Mecklenburgh Square in Bloomsbury, these women—modernist poet H.D., detective novelist Dorothy L. Sayers, classicist Jane Harrison, economic historian Eileen Power, and writer and...

'A total joy to read.' SARAH BAKEWELL 'Thrillingly intelligent and original . . . A breakthrough in biographical form.' EDMUND GORDON 'A discerning literary biography and a page-turning whodunit.' LISA APPIGNANESI 'I feel like I've been waiting for this book my whole life.' SHEILA HETI From the celebrated author of Square Haunting comes a biography as unconventional and surprising as...

Shortlisted for The American Library in Paris Book Award 2025 'Strikingly accomplished . . . utterly compelling.' Sunday Times 'A masterpiece of biography.' Daily Telegraph 'A total joy to read.' Sarah Bakewell 'I feel like I've been waiting for this book my whole life.' Sheila Heti A Book of the Year in: The Guardian The Spectator The Telegraph The Independent...