In the Shadow of Greatness - Menager, Michael
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Focuses on the lives and work of five strong, creative and intelligent women, each of whom stood behind a figure of world renown, of ten dedicating her entire life to serving the genius of the other. Subjects are: Isabel Burton, wife of Sir Richard Borton; Maria Nys, first wife of Aldous Huxley; Franoise Gilot, mistress to Pablo Picasso; Helen Dukas, assistant to Albert Einstein, and Vera Slonim, wife of Vladimir Nabokov.

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Focuses on the lives and work of five strong, creative and intelligent women, each of whom stood behind a figure of world renown, of ten dedicating her entire life to serving the genius of the other. Subjects are: Isabel Burton, wife of Sir Richard Borton; Maria Nys, first wife of Aldous Huxley; Franoise Gilot, mistress to Pablo Picasso; Helen Dukas, assistant to Albert Einstein, and Vera Slonim, wife of Vladimir Nabokov.
Autorenporträt
Michael Menager holds degrees in English and Applied Linguistics from California State U. and San Francisco State U. He has lived and taught in Algeria, Yugoslavia (Junior Fulbright Lecturer) and in the Bay Area, working with Asian war refugees. Extensively travelled, he migrated to Australia in 1987 to teach Aboriginals and migrants. He writes, studies, and performs music on the coast of New South Wales.