A dynamic biography of one of the most mysterious members of Wordsworth’s circle and the last of the RomanticsThomas De Quincey was an obsessive. He was obsessed with Wordsworth and Coleridge, whose L
A dynamic biography of one of the most mysterious members of Wordsworth's circle and the last of the RomanticsThomas De Quincey--opium eater, celebrity journalist, and professional doppelgänger--is em
Award-winning historian Frances Wilson delivers a gripping new account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, looking at the collision and its aftermath through the prism of the demolished life and lost h
On the terrifying, chaotic night of April 14, 1912, while the Titanic was sinking, Bruce J. Ismay, the ship's owner, made a decision that would save his life - and end it. Ismay boarded a lifeboat m
Ordinarily presented as a self-effacing virgin or sacrificial saint, Dorothy Wordsworth was a talented writer and exceptional woman. From the restrained prose of Dorothy's journals, she uncovers the r
Described by the writer and opium addict Thomas De Quincey as "the very wildest ... person I have ever known," Dorothy Wordsworth was neither the self-effacing spinster nor the sacrificial saint of c
Often presented as a self-effacing virgin or sacrificial saint, Dorothy Wordsworth was in truth a talented writer and an exceptional woman. Dorothy was Wordsworth's aide, his most valued reader and hi
