West's World: The Extraordinary Life of Dame Rebecca West

Citation

Gibb L (2014) West's World: The Extraordinary Life of Dame Rebecca West. London: Pan Macmillan. https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/lorna-gibb/wests-world/9780330464734

Abstract
Born Cicely Fairfield in 1892, as a young woman - and a budding actress – Rebecca West changed her name to that of the feminist heroine in Ibsen's play, Rosmersholm . West was a passionate suffragist, a socialist and fiercely intelligent and her long career as a writer began when she was barely out of her teens. As did her notorious affair with H.G. Wells, which resulted in a son, Anthony, whose relationship with his mother was, at best, stormy. Perhaps best remembered for her classic account of pre-war Yugoslavia, Black Lamb, Grey Falcon, West was a towering figure in the British literary landscape. Lorna Gibb's vivid and insightful biography looks at the woman behind the reputation