Collected here are the biographies which revealed aspects of their subjects that the more favourable "official" accounts tended to hide. The life of the author of each text is described, and their relation to the writers they portray is sketched in.
Volume Editors: Gail Marshall (V1 George Eliot), Corinna Russell (V2: Charles Dickens), Matthew Bevis (V3: Lord Alfred Tennyson) Series Editor Ralph Pite.