Violet: The Story of the Irrepressible Violet Hunt and Her Circle of Lovers and Friends--Ford Madox Ford, H.G. Wells, Somerset Maugham, and Henry Jam

High advance praise on the back outside jacket from Stanley Weintraub and Gay Daly. "Drawing on newly discovered diaries and other papers in which the intrigues of the drawing room, ballroom, and bedroom are meticulously described, Barbara Belford has written an absorbing biography of a fascinating, strong-willed woman who lived years ahead of her time."--from the front flap.