Victoria Glendinning
Author of Vita: The Life of V. Sackville-West
About the Author
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Works by Victoria Glendinning
Love's Civil War: Elizabeth Bowen and Charles Ritchie: Letters and Diaries 1941-1973 (2008) — Editor — 70 copies
Leonard Woolf - A Life 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Glendinning, Victoria
- Birthdate
- 1937-04-23
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
West Cork, Ireland
Hertfordshire, England, UK - Education
- Oxford University
Millfield School, Somerset, England, UK - Occupations
- novelist
biographer
reviewer
critic
broadcaster - Relationships
- Glendinning, Matthew (son)
White, Terence de Vere (2nd husband)
Glendinning, Nigel (1st husband)
Glendinning, Paul (son)
Glendinning, Hugo (son)
Glendinning, Simon (son) - Organizations
- President of English PEN
Royal Society of Literature (Vice-President) - Awards and honors
- Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1998)
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Statistics
- Works
- 19
- Also by
- 20
- Members
- 2,159
- Popularity
- #11,910
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 49
- ISBNs
- 114
- Languages
- 4
- Favorited
- 5
The book probably pays too much attention to Raffles' home life and that of his relatives at the expense of more detail on the early days of Singapore. Aside from that it's still an interesting and informative read about a highly influential man whose deeds helped shape the modern world.… (more)