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
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
A brilliantly original and gripping new look at the sinking of the Titanic through the prism of the life and lost honor of J. Bruce Ismay, the ship?s owner Books have been written and films have been
