LESLEY BLANCH What does it mean to be a great romantic? Living it as well as writing about it...

Here is a selection of Obituaries that visitors to lesleyblanch.com might appreciate:

Guardian — Lesley Blanch, grand and eccentric writer who charted her worldwide adventures in travel and cookery books, and a single literary classic by Alice Wooledge Salmon. 10 May, 2007

Spectator — The Wild One. Caroline Baum was the last journalist to interview the writer Lesley Blanch, who died earlier this month. 26 May, 2007

Figaro Littéraire — La mort de Lesley Blanch par Philip Mansel. Translated into French by Guillaume Villeneuve. Le 17 mai, 2007

New York Times —- Lesley Blanch, 102, a Writer and Traveler, Dies by Margalit Fox. 11 May, 2007

Daily Telegraph — Lesley Blanch's most romanticised creation was Lesley Blanch herself. 10 May, 2007

Independent — Lesley Blanch, writer & traveller by Shusha Guppy. 8 May, 2007

Sydney Morning Herald — An eccentric's romantic life. 19 May, 2007

The Times — Writer and traveller whose lyrical books blurred the boundaries between history, imagination and autobiograph. 10 May, 2007

Nice Matin — Veuve de Romain Gary | Menton: mort de l'écrivain Lesley Blanch par Jacques Gantié. Le 18 mai, 2007

Le Figaro — Adieu, Lady L par Cléménce Bouloque. Le 11 mai, 2007

Le Monde — Lesley Blanch: Journaliste et écrivain britannique, auteur de nombreux récits de voyages par Rafaëlle Rérolle. Le 17 mai, 2007

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