Judith Mackrell: The Lives And Loves Of Gwen And Augustus John

A riveting story of the two extraordinary siblings whose art and lives subverted societys expectations.
Augustus: vivid, volatile and promiscuous. He was a hero among romantics and bohemians,
celebrated as one of the great British talents of his generation. Gwens art was magnificent, but she was also more reserved, and as a woman she struggled for the recognition which has only come to her now, years after her death.Judith Mackrell delves into their radical world and the changing world they inhabited with her extraordinary Womens Prize for Non-Fiction shortlisted book.