In this intelligently drawn portrait of the complicated, volatile, and fiery man who was Mark Twain, Cullen (The Creation of Eve) explores the complex, tortured relationship between Twain and his secretary Isabel Lyon. Initially meeting over a game of cards years earlier, Lyon is eventually hired on as secretary to Twain’s wife but over time …
A CONVERSATION WITH LYNN CULLEN ABOUT TWAIN’S END This is the second novel in which you have delved into the life of a major American literary figure. How has the experience of writing Twain’s End compared to that of writing Mrs. Poe? My aim as a novelist has always been to examine some of the …
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[av_one_fourth first] [av_image src=’http://lynncullen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/twains-end-cocktail.jpg’ attachment=’1242′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ animation=’no-animation’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=”][/av_image] [/av_one_fourth] [av_three_fourth] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Twain’s End Cocktail “If you exclude the words – which of course is ridiculous because this is the definitive example of the words making the man – but if you do put the words aside …
[av_one_third first] [av_image src=’http://lynncullen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dear-mr-washington.jpg’ attachment=’1221′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ animation=’no-animation’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=”][/av_image] [/av_one_third][av_two_third] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Dear Mr. Washington Based on the true story behind Gilbert Stuart’s famous portraits of Washington, this funny historical read will leave rascals, ruffians, and troublemakers of all ages laughing. Charlotte, James, and baby John have promised …
The extraordinary relationship between the popular, complicated author Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, and his longtime secretary Isabel Lyon is wonderfully reimagined in this absorbing novel. Cullen (Mrs. Poe) depicts an immensely talented and virile, yet crude, hot-tempered, self-centered late-in-life Samuel, whose own children fear him and who remains tormented by his childhood with slave-owning …
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