Wallace Stegner : A Biography - Jackson J Benson

I admit I did not read this entire book.  I received it from a client who was looking for a possible relation to Stegner.  I'd read Stegner's works (Wolf Willow, Angle of Repose) and was intrigued to explore his life from a genealogical perspective.

The biography was written while the author was alive.  He was born February 18, 1909 near Lake Mills, IA during a visit; his parents were living in Grand Forks, ND.  He married 1 September 1934. 

Published: November 1996  Read: July 2019  Genre: Biography

Mrs Keppel and her Daughter - Diana Souhami

I picked this up on our wanderings in Alaska this past summer.  It's the story of Alice Edmonstone Keppel and her daughter, Violet Keppel Trefusis.  Alice was the mistress of King Edward VII, the great grandfather of the current Queen Elizabeth.  In an interesting twist, Alice's other daughter, Sonia, is the grandmother of Camilla, the mistress (and now wife) of Queen Elizabeth's son, Charles. 

It was valuable to me as an example of the Victorian era and the mores of that society.  Anglophiles would enjoy.

Published:   Read: September 2018  Genre: Biography