Books by Patrick Marnham

Despite his colourful claims, Diego Rivera was not actually raised by a magical nurse who let him roam the forest. After studying in Mexico, he became a key figure in the heyday of Montparnasse. This book follows him through the free love of Paris and into World War I.

An engaging new biography of the masterful Mexican muralist of indefatibable energy both as an artist and personality, released by Knopf in hardcover as a retrospective exhibition of Rivera's work traveled during 1999 from Detroit to Los Angeles to Dallas.

Mary Wesley published her first novel at seventy and went on to write a further nine bestsellers, including the legendary The Camomile Lawn. Many of her stories were inspired by her experiences during the Blitz, and by her marriages. The author highlights the links between Wesley's real life and her fiction.