Mary S. Lovell

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in The United Kingdom

January 01, 1941

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female

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http://www.lovellbiographies.com/

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Biographies & Memoirs

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Mary was an accountant and company director for 20 years before becoming a writer. She wrote her first book in 1981 at the age of 40, while recovering from a broken back which was the result of a riding accident. She returned to accountancy but during the following 5 years she also published two further non-fiction books that were written in her spare time.

She lives in the New Forest in Hampshire, England.

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Mary S. Lovell's Books

Average rating: 4.03 · 5,411 ratings · 660 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 3,355 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bess of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth, 1527-1608 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 809 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Straight on Till Morning: The Biography of Beryl Markham 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 1983 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Churchills: In Love and War 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sound of Wings: the Life of Amelia Earhart 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cast No Shadow 3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Splendid Outcast: Beryl Markham's African Stories by Beryl Markham, Mary S. Lovell (Compiler) 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1920 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Perfumed Garden of Cheikh Nefzaoui: A Manual of Arabian Erotology by Cheikh Nefzaoui, Richard Francis Burton (Translator), Mary S. Lovell (Introduction) 3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1964 — 42 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell

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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein

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The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939 by Robert Graves

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From Equal Suffrage to Equal Rights: Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party, 1910-1928 by Christine A. Lunardini

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