Gavin Maxwell
eBook - ePub

Gavin Maxwell

A Life

  1. 626 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Gavin Maxwell

A Life

About this book

Gavin Maxwell was a romantic, self-destructive, aristocratic adventurer who worked as secret agent, shark fisherman, racing driver, poet and travel writer. His books on Iraq, Sicily and Morocco were acclaimed, but his fame as a writer rested on his bestselling story of the otters he raised and lived with in a remote cottage on the west coast of Scotland, Ring of Bright Water. Maxwell's private life was every bit as turbulent. His essential homosexuality was masked by the love of a number of women, for whom he was a serially unsatisfactory partner. This authorized biography is a magnificent evocation of the man, his time and the animals and places that formed such an important part of it. Never was the simple life of a nature-loving conservationist pursued by so complicated a character.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Contents
  6. Plates
  7. Map: Sandaig
  8. Preface
  9. Prologue: Encounter with a Guru
  10. PART I: THE QUEST FOR AVALON
  11. PART II: AVALON FOUND
  12. PART III: AVALON LOST
  13. Epilogue
  14. Acknowledgements
  15. Bibliography
  16. Source Notes
  17. Plates
  18. About the Author
  19. Copyright