Caroline Moorhead has written many other books, including "Fortune's Hostages", "Sidney Bernstein: A Biography", "Freya Stark: A Biography", "Troublesome People", "Bertrand Russell: A Life", "The Lost Treasures of Troy", and "Dunant's Dream: War, Switxerland and the History of the Red Cross".

'Caroline Moorehead has written something much more interesting to the general reader than a mere biography of a biographer. This book is not simply the life story of an admirable but formidable grande dame who published a dozen well-reviewed but now almost forgotten volumes of biography or history. It is a history of her world ! A lucid, informative and interesting biography' -- Tamsin Dean, Literary Review 20001001 'A good writer, a good woman, a good life: Caroline Moorehead does justice to all three. This is an excellent biography' -- Allan Massie, Daily Telegraph 20001125 'Caroline Moorehead controls a large cast of characters with considerable skill. Her book is the story, as complete as she could make it, of a brave, intelligent, detached but purposeful human being' -- John Joliffe, Country Life 20001123 'No one would have appreciated better than Origo herself the delicacy, precision and tact with which [this book] restores her life, faded and melancholy as a pressed flower, to its original pure colour, firm fresh shape and exceedingly sophisticated scent' -- Hilary Spurling, Daily Telegraph Books of the Year 20001111 'Caroline Moorehead's biography brings the images to life and sheds light on the shadows ! A fascinating portrait, and one which matches the high standards of its subject ! An admirably perceptive, well-written and entertaining biography' -- Isabel Colegate, The Spectator 20001007 'This biography, which has all the merits of Iris's own histories -- the ability to pull the focus back and forth between the subject and her interesting times -- with the bonus of the total honesty missing from her memoirs, is so valuable ! A compelling story, splendidly told' -- Aileen Reid, Sunday Telegraph 20001015 'Caroline Moorehead brings to her biography of the author and enlightened noblewoman, Iris Origo, her own established combination of grip and perceptive empathy' -- Candia McWilliam, Evening Standard 20001009

Caroline Moorehead is a biographer, writer and reviewer who has worked in broadcasting and is a specialist on human rights. She grew up in Italy in Florence and Rome and now lives in London.