The story of the tragic Bronte family is familiar to
everyone: we all know about the half-mad, repressive father, the
drunken, drug-addicted wastrel of a brother, wild romantic Emily,
unrequited Anne and ''poor Charlotte''. Or do we? These stereotypes
of the popular imagination are precisely that - imaginary - created
by amateur biographers from Mrs Gaskell onwards who were primarily
novelists, and were attracted by the tale of an apparently doomed
family of genius. Juliet Barker''s landmark book was the first
definitive history of the Brontes. It demolishes myths, yet
provides startling new information that is just as compelling - but
true. Based on first-hand research among all the Bronte
manuscripts, many so tiny they can only be read by magnifying
glass, and among contemporary historical documents never before
used by Bronte biographers, this book is both scholarly and
compulsively readable. THE BRONTES is a revolutionary picture of
the world''s favourite literary family. ''As a work of scholarship it
is briliant ...For those with a passion for the Brontes, or for
Victoriana, or for sheer wealth of historical minutiae, it is a
stupendous read'' INDPENDENT ON SUNDAY
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Juliet Barker is a distinguished biographer and a medievalist
and scholar. She is both a bestselling historian and a critically
acclaimed expert on the Brontes.