The author Mary Wesley was the first wife of the second Baron Swinfen and the mother of the third Baron.
The publication of Jumping the Queue in 1983 was the beginning of an intensely creative period of Wesley's life.
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Following the death of her father in 1961, her mother said: "I'm not going to let that lingering death happen to me. When the time comes I'm going to crawl to the Solent and swim out."
Queen Mary | Mary | Mary, Queen of Scots | Mary I of England | Mary J. Blige | Mary Shelley | Mary Poppins | Mary Pickford | Mary of Teck | John Wesley | RMS Queen Mary | Mary Magdalene | Mary Robinson | Mary Landrieu | Assumption of Mary | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Mary (mother of Jesus) | Mary-Kate Olsen | Wesley Snipes | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Mary Tyler Moore | Mary Stuart | Mary Hopkin | Peter, Paul and Mary | Mary Lou Retton | Mary II of England | Mary Froning | Mary Black | Wesley Clark |
He is primarily known for his biographies, where he has covered subjects as diverse as Diego Rivera, Georges Simenon, Jean Moulin and Mary Wesley.