Glyn, Anthony, — Elinor Glyn.

London, Hutchinson, (1956). 4th ptg. VG in G DJ. Elinor's grandson, Anthony, draws on his early memories and on a mass of family papers and diaries that show how her romantic. nature was continually at war with severe tenets of 18th century French aristocracy which she had been brought up to revere. An affectionate yet analytical portrait which re-creates shifting backgrounds - Edwardian country house parties, the American wild west, the Imperial court of Russia, Canada in the '60s, Paris in 1918, and the great silent days in Hollywood. She is chiefly remembered as the creator of "It" and as the author of Three Weeks, most widely read and bitterly attacked novel of its day. Book Society Alternative Non-Fiction Choice. DJ edge wear and a small tear at top edge.