Twain's End

Twain's End

From the bestselling and highly acclaimed author of the â€œpage-turning taleâ€ (Library Journal, starred review) Mrs. Poe comes a fictionalized imagining of the personal life of Americaâ€™s most iconic writer: Mark Twain.

In March of 1909, Mark Twain cheerfully blessed the wedding of his private secretary, Isabel V. Lyon, and his business manager, Ralph Ashcroft. One month later, he fired both. He proceeded to write a ferocious 429-page rant about the pair, calling Isabel â€œa liar, a forger, a thief, a hypocrite, a drunkard, a sneak, a humbug, a traitor, a conspirator, a filthy-minded and salacious slut pining for seduction.â€ Twain and his daughter, Clara Clemens, then slandered Isabel in the newspapers, erasing her nearly seven years of devoted service to their family. How did Lyon go from being the beloved secretary who ran Twainâ€™s life to a woman he was determined to destroy?

In Twainâ€™s End, Lynn Cullen â€œcleverly spins a mysterious, dark taleâ€ (Booklist) about the tangled relationships between Twain, Lyon, and Ashcroft, as well as the little-known love triangle between Helen Keller, her teacher Anne Sullivan Macy, and Anneâ€™s husband, John Macy, which comes to light during their visit to Twainâ€™s Connecticut home in 1909. Add to the party a furious Clara Clemens, smarting from her own failed love affair, and carefully kept veneers shatter.

Based on Isabel Lyonâ€™s extant diary, Twainâ€™s writings, letters, photographs, and events in Twainâ€™s boyhood that may have altered his ability to love, Twainâ€™s End triumphs as â€œa tender evocation of a vain, complicated manâ€™s twilight years and a last chance at loveâ€ (People).
Country USA
Manufacturer Gallery Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-10-13
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Gallery Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-10-13
Format	Kindle eBook

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