White, Terence de Vere, — Johnnie Cross.

NY, St. Martins, (1983). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Cross was the "widow" of novelist George Eliot, Marian Evans in private life, a celebrated woman of 60 who had recently lost. her common-law husband of manyyears, George Henry Lewes. Cross was 20 years younger than she and within 8 months of the marriage, Eliot was dead. What exactly happened on the honeymoon in Venice? Cross's obsessive memories are an idyll that becomes a nightmare, a masterful blend of imagination and historically documented fact, full of tantalizing details. White probes into the hearts of the ill-matched pair in a story of sexual confusion that is painfully human. Born in Dublin, Ireland, White was literary editor of the Irish Times for many years and then made his home in London and has written 25 books. DJ has cover with photo of Eliot but flaw in center and chip at top of spine.