Overview :This groundbreaking book, an important contribution to Naomi Mitchison criticism, examines three novels, The Bull Calves (1947), The Big Hou... Read More
Overview :Naomi Mitchison was a novelist, socialist, feminist and tireless campaigner for sexual freedom. She lived through the entire twentieth centu... Read More
Overview :Her touch is sure, her description admirable. The reader gets a whiff of crushed thyme and of dew on dust as the author tells of Pindar's po... Read More
Overview :The Delicate Fire illustrates a fundamental change in Naomi Mitchison's work. The early stories are set in ancient Greece, like many before ... Read More
Overview :The Big House is a children's book with much to say to adult readers. On one level it is a charming and absorbing fantasy novel with a fairy... Read More
Overview :As a fast-paced novel about a future shaped by feminist ideals of sexual and racial equality, solution three at first seems to be a peaceful... Read More
Overview :This is Naomi Mitchison's least successful novel, and new readers should not start here It is shaped by her own life and fears in her own e... Read More
Overview :"The Bull Calves" was researched and written during the Second World War. This is very surprising, as Naomi Mitchison was tremendously busy ... Read More
Overview :"The Conquered" is a poignant and evocative work of historical fiction set during the tumultuous era of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars. Through... Read More
Overview :Ancient Greek history and politics fascinated Naomi Mitchison, and in particular the long antagonism or rivalry of Athens and Sparta. In thi... Read More
Overview :Naomi Mitchison, daughter of a distinguished scientist, sister of geneticist J B S Haldane, was always interested in the sciences, especiall... Read More