Cardus enjoyed relationships with many women. These included Hilda "Barbe" Ede, with whom he shared a passionate affair in the 1930s before her sudden death in 1937; Cardus referred to her as "Milady", and devoted a chapter of Full Score to her. After his return from Australia his closest women friends were Margaret Hughes and Else Mayer-Lismann, to whom he referred respectively as his "cricket wife" and his "music wife". Hughes, who was more than 30 years younger than Cardus, became his literary executor after his death, and edited several collections of his cricketing and musical writings. Books by Cardus The list includes all original works together with collections, anthologies and books edited or jointly edited by Cardus. Posthumous publications are included. Publication year relates to the original edition; many of the books have been reissued, often by different publishers. Autobiographical works A condensed edition of Autobiography and Second Innings Music books (Chapters on Schubert, Wagner, Brahms, Mahler, Richard Strauss, César Franck, Debussy, Elgar, Delius and Sibelius) (A memorial volume, edited by Cardus, with additional contributions by Winifred Ferrier, Sir John Barbirolli, Benjamin Britten, Roy Henderson, Gerald Moore and Bruno Walter) (A revised version of Ten Composers, with an additional chapter on Bruckner) Cricket books General anthology Notes and references Notes Citations Sources External links Cardus on Douglas Jardine, from The Manchester Guardian, 20 June 1958 1888 births 1975 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Cricket historians and writers English male journalists Classical music critics English music critics English writers about music English sportswriters Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music Knights Bachelor People from Rusholme Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class The Guardian journalists The Herald (Melbourne) people