Tom Williams

The lonely passions of Emily Hale and Mary Trevelyan

The stories of two remarkable women who hoped – with good reason – to marry T.S. Eliot show the poet in an unfamiliar light

Emily Hale – the Hyacinth girl of The Waste Land and T.S. Eliot’s great love. [Smith College Special Collections]
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  • The Hyacinth Girl: T.S. Eliot’s Hidden Muse

    Lyndall Gordon

    Virago, pp. 432, £25

  • Mary & Mr Eliot: A Sort of Love Story

    Mary Trevelyan and Erica Wagner

    Faber, pp. 320, £20

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