A brilliant discussion with the brilliant Helen Lewis! We talked about Jean Plaidy (naturally, everyone's favourite), Catherine de Medici, royal biographies, Tolstoy’s wife, and the problematic concept of the ‘genius’. Helen introduced her book THE GENIUS MYTH, talked about the role of biopics
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