The Impossible Life of Mary Benson : The Extraordinary Story of a Victorian Wife (Paperback)

from dgbdgb

Good, well written biography - she was wife to Edward Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, and quite a matriarch, and brought up a brood of very talented, if somewhat odd children - several of whom became quite well known (E F Benson) and mixed with many of the key figures of the age.

from vguy

Surprisingly delightful. I was expecting something scandal-ridden and rackety but in fact we get a story, improbable but very real, of a warm-hearted and intelligent woman, caught in the web of victorian England married to the Archbishop of Canterbury , no less. He's an authoritarian stuffed surp...

from vguy

Surprisingly delightful. I was expecting something scandal-ridden and rackety but in fact we get a story, improbable but very real, of a warm-hearted and intelligent woman, caught in the web of victorian England married to the Archbishop of Canterbury , no less. He's an authoritarian stuffed surp...