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Beauty and the Brutes: Endless affairs and three hateful husbands - with Kingsley Amis the worst of the lot. Novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard adored men, so why were they so cruel to her?
- Novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard was molested by her father at 15
- She went on to have three husbands and several affairs
- She divorced her husband of 18 years, Sir Kingsley Amis, in 1983
- Howard died on January 2 at the age of 90
By GUY WALTERS
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She may have sold more than a million books, won a prestigious literary prize and been awarded the CBE, but novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard will be remembered as much for her achievements between the sheets as between her book covers.
When her death at the age of 90 was reported yesterday, her long list of husbands and lovers was given more prominence than her books. And what a back catalogue it was, featuring titans of the literary and bohemian world of the 20th century.
Her three husbands included Sir Kingsley Amis and the naturalist and painter Sir Peter Scott, while among her many lovers were the authors Laurie Lee, Arthur Koestler and Cyril Connolly, the critic Kenneth Tynan and Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis.
Elizabeth Jane Howard pictured with one of her three husbands, Sir Kingsley Amis. The pair
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REMEMBERING ELIZABETH JANE HOWARD
Reading about Artemis Cooper’s new biography of the English novelist, Elizabeth Jane Howard, reminded me of when I interviewed her for the Oldie in the autumn of 1993. She was even kind enough to acknowledge my sending her a copy of the anthology of my interviews, More of a Certain Age, which Quartet published the same year. Her card was a delight to receive: ‘It is full of people,’ she wrote, ‘whom I want to read about, not least because I thought Mr Attallah the best interviewer I’ve ever had.’
According to the article in last weekend’s Mail on Sunday, her sexual appetite was as powerful as those of Kingsley Amis, perhaps her most notorious relationship. I always suspected she had been slightly guarded with me during my interview when it ventured into certain sexual matters and the new biography would seem to confirm my suspicions.
You can read my interview here in full.
The one thing I know about your childhood is that you had a terribly difficult relationship with your mother. Looking back, is that the feature which stands out most in your mind?
I’m interested that you know that. It has taken me nearly all my life to get over it. I feel I am over it now but it was a long business. She just didn’t like me very much. I always wan