twain

Anne Girard, author of Madame Picasso

Twain’s End is an exquisitely nuanced portrayal of the American icon and the woman who dared to love him. With superb attention to detail, and deep understanding and care for her protagonists, Lynn Cullen brings this deliciously complex story to life, delivering everything we expect in a modern masterpiece.

Nancy Bilyeau, author of The Chalice

Every room radiates with deliciously calibrated tension and hidden desires in Twain’s End. It is in its psychological truths that the novel succeeds most brilliantly, revealing the inevitable wounds in a relationship between a famous person and an ordinary one, and what happens when the balance of power changes. A riveting read.

New York Times bestseller M.J. Rose

We’re riveted as Twain comes alive — faults and all — but in the end we’re captured and captivated by him. ​Heartbreaking, passionate, profoundly interesting and readable. Cullen has once again jettisoned herself​ to another time and place and delivered historical fiction fans with an utterly fascinating read.

Stephanie Cowell, author of Claude and Camille

The utterly fascinating and heartbreaking story of the aging literary lion Mark Twain and his intelligent, beautiful, devoted secretary Isabel who loved and understood him… a rich novel which will sweep you into a remarkable world.