{"product_id":"the-brontes-by-juliet-barker-9780349122427","title":"The Brontes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of the tragic Bronte family is familiar to everyone: we all know about the half-mad, repressive father, the drunken, drug-addicted wastrel of a brother, wild romantic Emily, unrequited Anne and 'poor Charlotte'. Or do we? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese stereotypes of the popular imagination are precisely that – imaginary – created by amateur biographers from Mrs Gaskell onwards who were primarily novelists, and were attracted by the tale of an apparently doomed family of genius. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJuliet Barker's landmark book was the first definitive history of the Brontes. It demolishes myths, yet provides startling new information that is just as compelling – but true. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on first-hand research among all the Bronte manuscripts, many so tiny they can only be read by magnifying glass, and among contemporary historical documents never before used by Bronte biographers, this book is both scholarly and compulsively readable. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The Brontes' is a revolutionary picture of the world's favourite literary family. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'As a work of scholarship it is brilliant... For those with a passion for the Brontes, or for Victoriana, or for sheer wealth of historical minutiae, it is a stupendous read' Independent on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Juliet Barker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56680178876789,"sku":"9780349122427","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9780349122427.jpg?v=1769796062","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/the-brontes-by-juliet-barker-9780349122427","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}