A former literary editor of the New Statesman and the Sunday Times, she is married to the playwright and novelist Michael Frayn.The question at the heart of The Invisible Woman is whether a person who is “kept a secret” can be said to exist. 'A biography of high scholarship and compelling detective work' Melvyn Bragg, IndependentĬlaire Tomalin is the award-winning author of eight highly acclaimed biographies, including: The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and His World Katherine Mansfield: A Secret Life The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens Mrs Jordan's Profession Jane Austen: A Life Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man and, most recently, Charles Dickens: A Life.
Starting out with scarcely the bare bones of a story, Tomalin convinces by the end that she has got as near to the truth as anyone will' Anthony Howard, Sunday Times
'The most original biography I read this year.
'Will come to be seen as one of the crucial women's biographies because of its vivid dramatization of the process by which women have been written out of history and have been forced to deny their own experiences' Sean French, New Statesman 'Ĭlaire Tomalin's multi-award-winning story of the life of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens is a remarkable work of biography and historical revisionism that returns the neglected actress to her rightful place in history as well as providing a compelling and truthful portrait of the great Victorian novelist.įor those who enjoyed Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self and Charles Dickens: A Life The Invisible Woman is invaluable reading for lovers of Charles Dickens, and for readers of biography everywhere. Her names, dates, family and experiences very nearly disappeared from the record for good. 'This is the story of someone who - almost - wasn't there who vanished into thin air.
Winner of the NCR Book Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize The Invisible Woman by Claire Tomalin is the acclaimed story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens
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