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Book SynopsisA most impressive achievement'' Michael Holroyd
''Enthralling'' Sunday Times''Masterly'' Telegraph_______________________''The web of our Life is of mingled Yarn''- John KeatsIn
Young Romantics Daisy Hay shatters the myth of the Romantic poet as a solitary, introspective genius, telling the story of the communal existence of an astonishingly youthful circle. The fiery, generous spirit of Leigh Hunt, radical journalist and editor of
The Examiner, took centre stage. He bound together the restless Shelley and his brilliant wife Mary, author of
Frankenstein; Mary''s feisty step-sister Claire Clairmont, who became Byron''s lover and the mother of his child; and Hunt''s charismatic sister-in-law Elizabeth Kent. With authority, sparkling prose and constant insight Daisy Hay describes their travels in France, Switzerland and Italy, their artistic triumphs, their headstrong ways, their grievous losses and their devastating tragedies.
Trade Review‘A most impressive achievement' * Michael Holroyd *
'Truly, it's delicious...the book's pace and sweep induce you to investigate nooks and crannies into which Hay is able to shine a torch only briefly, to take down from your shelves books you haven't touched in two decades' * Observer *
‘A masterly achievement. Lively, innovative and brimming with insights, it offers a wonderfully intimate and well-researched story of collaboration, rivalry and passion during a fascinating period in literary history' * Daily Telegraph *
'Enthralling' * Sunday Times *
