The Resource Before & after : the incredible story of the real-life Mrs Wilson, Alison Wilson
Before & after : the incredible story of the real-life Mrs Wilson, Alison Wilson
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The item Before & after : the incredible story of the real-life Mrs Wilson, Alison Wilson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City Libraries, City of Gold Coast.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- Aged nineteen, Alison McKelvie was a self-confessed romantic, immersed in books and poetry, and dreaming of beauty, truth and love. In 1940, whilst working as a secretary at MI6, Alison met Alexander Wilson. Thirty years her senior, Alexander was worldly and charismatic. An intense affair quickly led to marriage and two children. But the Wilsons' lives then spiralled into the depths of poverty. Alexander was sacked, imprisoned twice, and then declared bankrupt. His lack of reliability was a hefty emotional burden for Alison to bear. Nevertheless, she loved her husband unreservedly and stuck by him through thick and thin. In 1963, Alexander died suddenly of a heart attack. Alison's world imploded when she discovered that their life together had been built upon layer after layer of deception. Who was Alexander Wilson? How well had Alison really known him? Slowly the lies were unravelled: Alexander had been a novelist, spy and, devastatingly, a bigamist
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 170 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472132352
- Label
- Before & after : the incredible story of the real-life Mrs Wilson
- Title
- Before & after
- Title remainder
- the incredible story of the real-life Mrs Wilson
- Statement of responsibility
- Alison Wilson
- Title variation
- Before and after
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Aged nineteen, Alison McKelvie was a self-confessed romantic, immersed in books and poetry, and dreaming of beauty, truth and love. In 1940, whilst working as a secretary at MI6, Alison met Alexander Wilson. Thirty years her senior, Alexander was worldly and charismatic. An intense affair quickly led to marriage and two children. But the Wilsons' lives then spiralled into the depths of poverty. Alexander was sacked, imprisoned twice, and then declared bankrupt. His lack of reliability was a hefty emotional burden for Alison to bear. Nevertheless, she loved her husband unreservedly and stuck by him through thick and thin. In 1963, Alexander died suddenly of a heart attack. Alison's world imploded when she discovered that their life together had been built upon layer after layer of deception. Who was Alexander Wilson? How well had Alison really known him? Slowly the lies were unravelled: Alexander had been a novelist, spy and, devastatingly, a bigamist
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1920-2005
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wilson, Alison
- Dewey number
- 941.082092
- Illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wilson, Alison
- Wilson, Alexander
- Great Britain
- Secretaries
- Widows
- Deception
- Bigamy
- Label
- Before & after : the incredible story of the real-life Mrs Wilson, Alison Wilson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 170 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472132352
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- portraits
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Label
- Before & after : the incredible story of the real-life Mrs Wilson, Alison Wilson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 170 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472132352
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- portraits
- Specific material designation
- regular print
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