About the Book
Title: Twain’s End
Author: Lynn Cullen
Genre: Historical
Now
in paperback for the first time from the national bestselling author of Mrs. Poe, Lynn Cullen, comes TWAIN’S END (Gallery Books; June 7, 2016; Trade Paperback; $16.00), a
fictional imagining of America’s iconic writer Mark Twain and the woman who
knew him too well.
In
March of 1909, Mark Twain cheerfully blessed the wedding of his private
secretary, Isabel V. Lyon, and his business manager, Ralph Ashcroft. One month
later, he fired both, wrote a ferocious 429-page rant about the pair, and
then—with his daughter, Clara Clemens—slandered Isabel in the newspapers,
erasing her nearly seven years of devoted service to their family.
In
TWAIN’S END, Lynn Cullen “cleverly
spins a mysterious, dark, tale” (Booklist)
about the tangled relationship between Twain and Lyon. A silenced woman,
Isabel’s loyal service and innocence were not enough to combat the slander, and
she has gone down in history as the villainess who swindled Twain in his final
years. She never rebutted Twain’s claims, never spoke badly of the man she
called “The King,” and kept her silence until she died in 1958. How did Lyon go
from being the beloved secretary who ran Twain’s life to a woman he was
determined to destroy? TWAIN’S END
explains.
Author Bio
Lynn Cullen
lives in Atlanta surrounded by her large family, and like Mark Twain, enjoys
being bossed around by cats. Follow Lynn Cullen on Facebook or visit www.lynncullen.com.
Links
Buy
the book on Simon & Schuster: http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Twains-End/Lynn-Cullen/9781476758978
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