Time to be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

Time to be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
ISBN-10
0345442121
ISBN-13
9780345442123
Series
Time to be in Earnest
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
269
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Random House Digital, Inc.
Author
P. D. James

Description

Based on the diary she kept for years, a candid, revealing autobiography of mystery writer P. D. James retraces her life from her school days in 1930s Cambridge to her membership in the House of Lords and her success as a writer. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

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