Frances Wilson gets implausibly angry about the hypocrisy of Patrick O’Brian; Michèle Roberts makes the case for the forgotten author of the nineteenth century, George Sand; Miranda Seymour turns literary detective to identify a new work by Ada Lovelace. And Roz Dineen fails to be enticed by cakes.

Romans 1 & 2 George Sand; Edited by José-Luis Diaz and Brigitte Diaz

Patrick O’Brian – A very private life Nikolai Tolstoy

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