Julia: A Portrait of Julia Strachey

by Frances Partridge, Julia Strachey

Following Julia Strachey's death, her life-long friend Frances Partridge was presented with an extraordinary assortment of her papers. Combining material from this source and extracts from the correspondence between the two friends, this book presents an account of the life of a remarkable woman.

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction

307 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Frances Partridge CBE was the last surviving member of the Bloomsbury Group. She is most known for her diaries.

Her father was William Cecil Marshall, architect and runner-up in the very first Wimbledon tournament. She was the sister of Ray Garnett and Thomas Marshall.

Reviews

[Karen-Leigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

After I bought this book I was tentative about starting it because I had come across Julia in many other biographies and she came across as a difficult woman and I hesitated to dive into her life thinking it would be unpleasant. I persisted and it paid off...Frances Partridge is such a good writer and she cared about Julia and made her life interesting and balanced.