Mary and Mr Eliot: A Sort of Love Story

In 1938 T.s. Eliot Struck Up A Friendship With Mary Trevelyan, A Passionately Curious Woman And Intrepid Traveller. Their Relationship Was Cosy And Domestic - Characterised By Churchgoing, Record-playing, Day Trips With Mary At The Wheel Or Eliot In His Rolled Shirt-sleeves Cooking Up Sausages For Dinner. Over The Years, Mary Came To Believe That Their Friendship Might Lead To Something More . . . But Their Journey Together Did Not End As She Would Have Hoped. Trevelyan Left A Unique Document - Of Diaries, Letters And Pictures - Charting Their Twenty-year-long Relationship In Her Vivid Prose. Erica Wagner Has Brought This Untold Story Together For The First Time. Mary And Mr Eliot Is A Revelatory Tale Of Joy, Misunderstanding And Betrayal That Feels Utterly Modern And Deeply Human.