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Beautifully illustrated with images from the Collection of the National Portrait Gallery, this book explores the man behind the novels and the lives of those around him.

About the Author

Lucinda Hawksley is the author of three biographies of Victorian artists: Lizzie Siddal,
Kate Perugini (née Dickens) and Princess Louise. She also writes about art history, social
history, literature and the life and works of her great-great-great-grandfather Charles
Dickens. Lucinda is a Pre-Raphaelite and Aestheticism expert and a regular lecturer at
the National Portrait Gallery in London.