{"product_id":"bernard-shaw-and-nancy-astor","title":"Bernard Shaw and Nancy Astor","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Bernard Shaw and Nancy Lady Astor enjoyed a close friendship for over twenty years, from the late 1920s until Shaw's death in 1950. Although opposites in many matters - particularly politics - Shaw and Astor were irresistibly attracted to each other, both being unconventional firebrands with ready wits. This collection of nearly 250 letters between Shaw and Astor - as well as between Astor and Shaw's wife, Charlotte, and Shaw's secretary, Blanche Patch - illustrates the rewarding friendship the two shared and the numerous issues they debated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the most fascinating letters occur after Charlotte's death in 1943. Astor became concerned for Shaw's well-being, but his letters at this point reveal his growing resentment with her suffocating attentions. However, the friendship endured and the correspondence continued.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than half of the letters in this volume have never been published and many more appear in their entirety for the first time. Headnotes to the letters provide a contextual narrative and identify political, historical, literary, and theatrical references, allusions, and other relevant information. This is a crucial edition in the highly praised Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By J.P. Wearing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575464165558,"sku":"9780802037527","price":61.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780802037527.jpg?v=1727458986","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/bernard-shaw-and-nancy-astor","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}