Their liaison lasted for fourteen years, though it was several times nearly broken off, and NM
was also attracted to Gery's wife, Vivian
.
Benton, Jill. Naomi Mitchison: A Biography. Pandora, 1992.
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Textual Production
Naomi Mitchison
NM
published Black Sparta: Greek Stories, a volume of poems and stories about the ancient world, with a dedication to two real historians, H. T. Wade Gery
and Vivian Wade Gery
.
Mitchison, Naomi. Black Sparta: Greek Stories. The Travellers’ Library, Jonathan Cape, 1931.