Now in paperback, this is the first full biography of one of the finest English novelists of the last century, Penelope Fitzgerald. Born in 1916, her life spanned most of the 20th century, and moves from a Bishop's Palace to a sinking barge, from a demanding intellectual family to hardship and poverty. She was first published at 60 and became famous at 80. 'Admirable and perceptive...' Susan Hill, }The Times{