When they met he was a prominent 38-year-old leader of the African National Congress and she was a beautiful 22-year-old social worker. They conducted a passionate courtship in moments stolen from his ...
As a portrait of a marriage, it’s bizarre. I’m talking about the dual portrait John Singer Sargent painted in 1885 of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson. Louis, whose first novel, "Treasure Island," had ...