The love affair that created a lasting literary legacy

DH Lawrence and Frieda: A Portrait of Love and Loyalty. By Michael Squires, Andre Deutsch, €21.55

Sometimes, after the death of their husbands, the wives o f writers are inclined to get short shrift from academics and historians who are eager to have the carcass - the letters, the unpublished papers and the intimate details - all for themselves. This is true of writers’ husbands as well, but to a less public degree.