I bought this on a visit with Mum to Charleston Farmhouse in the summer. Only later did I realise that it’s by the same Frances Spalding who wrote The Real And The Romantic that I really didn’t get along with. Here though she’s short and to the point, delivering brief biographies of all the main Bloomsbury personalities. It’s a great introduction. I’d really like to read a good overall history of the group, but there doesn’t seem to be a good one available.