An authentic, vivid biography, drawing on the 5,500 Lawrence letters now available, and the many accounts of him by his relatives, friends and contemporaries.

In 1912, D. H. Lawrence met Frieda von Richthofen, the wife of his former professor, and fell in love with her. The pair eloped to Bavaria--leaving her three children behind--and two years later they were married. Challenging the reader to see the Lawrences in a new light, this book follows the fates of these two strong people as they overcame one obstacle after another to their commitment.

Organised around a dramatic account of D. H. Lawrence's desperate struggle against tuberculosis, and of the bizarre events which followed his death, this book offers a series of often grimly humorous reflections on death and dying.