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Blackwood's fervent, wayward, violent and gifted presence is essential to this enterprise.
The Last of the Duchess; 13; The Village Social – review 2011
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Nicholas Wright's new play, The Last of the Duchess, is based on Caroline Blackwood's 1995 book about the last years of Wallis Simpson, when, after the death of the Duke of Windsor, she lived though rumour had her secretly dead as a recluse in Paris, guarded by her lawyer, Maître Suzanne Blum, who was suspected by some of stealing and selling the duchess's jewellery.
The Last of the Duchess; 13; The Village Social – review 2011
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By 1980, she was clearly a sick old woman who wanted to be shielded from public gaze and Blackwood's attempt to treat her captivity as a gothic fairytale simply looks like a novelist's invention.
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Blackwood's success in achieving this feat in "The Willows" is legendary, and is what led Lovecraft to praise that story so highly.
Dark Awakenings and Cosmic Horror : The Lovecraft News Network 2010
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At first it is a look: those huge duck-egg eyes, which Blackwood's first husband, Lucian Freud, painted as if they were bullying the whole of her face, are reborn on stage.
The Last of the Duchess; 13; The Village Social – review 2011
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One of the best involves Blackwood's encounter with Blum's protege, Michael Bloch.
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Instead it is based on Caroline Blackwood's book about her attempt to penetrate the veil of secrecy around the Duchess of Windsor in her final years.
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Blackwood's success in achieving this feat in "The Willows" is legendary, and is what led Lovecraft to praise that story so highly.
Archive 2010-03-01 2010
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Blackwood's first husband was the painter Lucien Freud.
Patricia Zohn: Culture Zohn Off the C(H)uff: Evgenia Citkowitz's Debut Collection of Stories 2010
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He contributed to numerous magazines including Men Only, Everybody's, Blackwood's and various daily and weekly newspapers.
Commander A. B. Campbell Steve 2010
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