The clipped, strict, and ultimately mysterious nanny who emerged from her pen was the creation of someone who remained inscrutable and enigmatic to the end of her ninety-six years. Yet it was a love of mysticism and magic that shaped Travers’s life as well as the character of Mary Poppins. Travers, whom Disney accused of vanity for “thinking you know more about Mary Poppins than I do,” was as tart and opinionated as Julie Andrews’s big-screen Mary Poppins was cheery. She famously clashed with Walt Disney over the adaptation of the Mary Poppins books into film. Eliot, and became a disciple of the famed spiritual guru, Gurdjieff. She became involved with Theosophy, traveled in the literary circles of W.B. The fabulous English nanny was actually conceived by an Australian, Pamela Lyndon Travers, who came to London in 1924 from Queensland as a journalist. The story of Mary Poppins’ creator, as this definitive biography reveals, is equally remarkable. But the Mary Poppins in the stories was not the cheery film character. She flew into the lives of the unsuspecting Banks family in a children’s book that was instantly hailed as a classic, then became a household name when Julie Andrews stepped into the title role in Walt Disney’s hugely successful and equally classic film. The spellbinding stories of Mary Poppins, the quintessentially English and utterly magical nanny, have been loved by generations. “An arresting life…Lawson is superb at excavating the details.” - Library Journal Travers, the creator of Mary Poppins-perfect for fans of the movie Mary Poppins Returns and the original Disney classic!
THE ONLY TRUE STORY BEHIND THE CREATOR OF MARY POPPINS
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