Showing results by author "Annabel Abbs" in Literature & Fiction

'A sensual feast of a novel, written with elegance, beauty, charm and skill in a voice that is both lyrical and unique' Santa Montefiore Eliza Acton, despite having never before boiled an egg, became one of the world’s most successful cookery writers, revolutionizing cooking and cookbooks...

James Joyce was her father. Samuel Beckett was her lover. This is her story. A mesmerising fictionalisation of Lucia Joyce's life told for the first time. Paris, 1928. Avant-garde Paris is buzzing with the latest ideas in art, music and literature from artists such as Ford Madox Ford and Zelda...

In the winter of 2020, Annabel Abbs experienced a series of bereavements. As she grieved, she kept busy by day, but at night sleep eluded her. And yet her sleeplessness led to a profound and unexpected discovery: her Night Self. As the night transformed into a place of creativity and liberation, Annabel found she wasn't alone. From the radical fifteenth-century philosopher Laura Cereta and subversive artist Louise Bourgeois, to Virginia Woolf and the activist Peace Pilgrim, women have long found sanctuary, inspiration and courage in darkness.

Germany 1907. Aristocrat Frieda von Richthofen has rashly married English professor Ernest Weekley. Visiting her sisters in Munich, she is captivated by a city alive with ideas of revolution and free love, and, goaded by sibling rivalry with her sisters and the need to be more than mother and wife, Frieda embarks on a passionate affair that is her sensual and intellectual awakening.

Inglaterra, 1837. El Londres victoriano está repleto de cambios y a las cocinas de todos sus hogares empiezan a llegar especias, alimentos y frutas exóticas, pero las damas inglesas se han alejado de ellas y las han puesto en manos de cocineras y chefs extranjeros.

Le destin d'une femme exceptionnelle. Une histoire d'amour qui est devenue synonyme de libération sexuelle. En 1912, une jeune baronne allemande vivant à Nottingham commet l'irréparable : elle quitte son confortable foyer et ses trois adorables enfants pour vivre son amour. La décision de Frieda von Richthofen va donner naissance à l'un des plus grands scandales de son temps.

Inghilterra, 1835. Eliza Acton spera che la sua nuova raccolta di poesie la conduca al successo. I sogni di gloria, però, si infrangono contro l'oltraggioso rifiuto dell'editore, Mr Longman, che la invita a dedicarsi a un libro di ricette - del resto i lettori non si aspettano altro da una donna. Eliza s'indigna: in casa degli Acton la cucina riguarda solo la servitù. Ma quando suo padre, sull'orlo della bancarotta, si dà alla fuga, quell'assurda proposta si rivela l'unico modo per sopravvivere.

Die spektakuläre Geschichte der Frieda von Richthofen: "Eine kühne und starke Frau." (Stylist). Deutschland, 1907: Frieda von Richthofen, in Nottingham mit dem britischen Professor Ernest Weekley verheiratet und Mutter dreier Kinder, besucht ihre Schwestern in München. Sie taucht ein in die Schwabinger Bohème, in die Welt der Künstler, Freigeister und freien Liebe. Sie beginnt eine leidenschaftliche Affäre mit dem Psychoanalytiker Otto Gross und entdeckt, dass sie mehr sein will als Mutter und Ehefrau.