Electric Spark: The Enigma of Dame Muriel She fears that she is

She fears that she is haunted by a dark spell cast by an artist to whom she had once turned for intimacy and inspiration

and Leonardo da Vinci--is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating

try to do or be better

"A magnificent tribute to the probity

Electric Spark: The Enigma of Dame Muriel She fears that she isShort listed for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non Fiction The award winning biographer Frances Wilson presents an exhilarating new look at Muriel Spark, a consummate artist of the twentieth century. "Is the story fact? Is it fiction? It is what it is," said Muriel Spark. Muriel Spark was a puzzle, and so too are her books. She dealt in word games, tricks, and ciphers; her life was composed of weird accidents, strange coincidences, and spooky events.