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In 1963 Sylvia Plath took her own life in her London flat. Her death was the culmination of a brief, brilliant life lived in the shadow of clinical depression—a condition exacerbated by her tempestuous relationship with mercurial poet Ted Hughes. The ensuing years saw Plath rise to martyr status while Hughes was cast as the cause of her suicide, his infidelity at the heart of her demise. For decades, Hughes never bore witness to the truth of their marriage—one buried beneath a mudslide of apocryphal stories, gossip, sensationalism, and myth. Until now.

In sieben Jahren begegnet eine junge Studentin sieben Männern: dem Astrologen, dem Epileptiker, dem Philosophen...

Ted Hughes og Sylvia Platt er et af den moderne litteraturs mest berømte par. Efter hendes selvmord i 1963 er der blevet skrevet utallige biografier om hende, hvor hun fremstår som et offer og han som forræder og morder. Han er blevet dømt af fremmede og anklaget af mennesker, han anså for venner.