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A UK B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a single number 1 as the number sequence indicating a first printing of this edition. Some tanning to pages.
SYNOPSIS: “It is July 1864 and the Isle of Wight is buzzing with eccentric creative types. A morose Alfred Tennyson is reciting Maud to empty sofas, whilst photographer Julia Margaret Cameron white-washes roses and tries to capture Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) in heroic poses.
In this cauldron of unrequited love and egotism step an acclaimed painter, his sixteen-year-old wife and a father-and-daughter team of phrenologists. A foray into love, literature eccentricity and beards…”
Packed weight 285gms. IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH