A review by schopflin
Before & After: The Incredible Story of the Real-life Mrs Wilson by Nigel Wilson, Alison Wilson, Ruth Wilson

dark sad medium-paced

3.5

I have a fascination with fraudsters so was probably drawn to this book for the wrong reasons. A memoir by the wife of a bigamist, the focus of the book is how the experience relates to her religious experience. The second part is entirely about her conversion to Roman Catholicism. Having said which, the account of life at Heythrop college before and during its absorption into the secular University of London was interesting. The book is also very well written and full of self-honesty. However if, like me, you want to satisfy a prurient interest then better to look elsewhere eg the biography of Alec Wilson by Tim Crooks (now on my tbr).