Love's Civil War : Elizabeth Bowen and Charles Ritchie (Paperback)

from paeonia

A thirty-year love affair is recorded in Elizabeth Bowen's letters and Charles Ritchie's diary entries. Because there are more letters than entries the affair seems somewhat one-sided. At first I struggled to read this book, because Bowen's letters did seem to repeat the same themes over and over...

from pmarshall

For Charles Ritchie "love's civil war" refers to the relationship between long term, unofficial couples. In his case Elizabeth Bowen was married when he met her in 1941 and when her husband, Allan Cameron died in 1953 he was married to his cousin, Sylvia Smellie. Their affair continued until Eliz...

from Myckyee

I've always enjoyed epistolary novels and non-fiction books. There's something about them that I find easy to read and I feel almost guilty as if I were reading someone's secret diary and thoughts meant only for them. This is certainly true of Love's Civil War since it is comprised of the letters...

from katylit

This book is the letters of Anglo-Irish author Elizabeth Bowen, and the diary entries of Canadian diplomat Charles Ritchie, from 1941 when they met to 1973 when Elizabeth died. They had a enduring love affair and the letters and diary entries are fascinating to read, passionate on her side, analy...

from katylit

This book is the letters of Anglo-Irish author Elizabeth Bowen, and the diary entries of Canadian diplomat Charles Ritchie, from 1941 when they met to 1973 when Elizabeth died. They had a enduring love affair and the letters and diary entries are fascinating to read, passionate on her side, analy...