Before her death in 2002, Mary Wesley told her biographer Patrick Marnham: 'after I met Eric I never looked at anyone else again. Eric Siepmann was her second husband and their correspondence charted their life together (and apart) with unusual candour and spirit.

Before her death in 2002, Mary Wesley told her biographer Patrick Marnham: 'after I met Eric I never looked at anyone else again. Eric Siepmann was her second husband and their correspondence charted their life together (and apart) with unusual candour and spirit.