At Lady Violet’s: From Fan to Friend to Biographer
To be given by Hilary Spurling
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Wednesday 31 January 2024
Travellers Club, 106 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5EP
Glass of Wine: 1830; Lecture 1900
Tickets £12. Advance booking only. Maximum 3 tickets per person. Book via the Online Shop.
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Hilary Spurling, CBE FRSL, was a long-time friend of Anthony Powell and Lady Violet. As well as being Powell’s chosen biographer, she wrote the remarkable, and quite indispensable, Invitation to the Dance: A Guide to Anthony Powell’s ‘A Dance to the Music of Time’. She has also written, amongst many other works, acclaimed biographies of Ivy Compton-Burnett, Paul Scott, and Henri Matisse – the latter receiving the Whitbread Book of the Year Award.
