Non-Fiction
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Muses: The Life of Frederick Ashton | 1996 | Buy |
| Nureyev: The Life | 2007 | Buy |
| The Girl Who Loved Camellias | 2013 | Buy |
| The Irish Assassins | 2021 | Buy |
Julie Kavanagh is a British biographer whose books focus on the performing arts and historical figures. Her first major work, Secret Muses: The Life of Frederick Ashton, was a thorough account of the great British choreographer’s life and career. She followed it with Nureyev: The Life, a biography of the legendary Russian ballet dancer that drew on interviews and previously unseen materials.
Her range extends beyond dance. The Girl Who Loved Camellias told the true story of Marie Duplessis, the real woman behind Alexandre Dumas’ La Dame aux Camelias and Verdi’s La Traviata. More recently, The Irish Assassins turned to Victorian-era political history with an account of the 1882 Phoenix Park murders in Dublin. Kavanagh brings a journalist’s eye for detail to all her subjects.