Dimensions
129 x 198 x 16mm
'A comic novel of subtle distinction ... A richly entertaining book, and at times a very moving one.' - The Times
It is July 1864 and the Isle of Wight is buzzing with eccentric creative types. A morose Alfred, Lord Tennyson is reciting 'Maud' to empty sofas, whilst photographer Julia Margaret Cameron white-washes roses and tries to capture Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) in heroic poses. Into this cauldron of unrequited love and egotism step the acclaimed painter G. F. Watts, his sixteen-year-old wife Ellen Terry and the American father-and-daughter team of phrenologists, Lorenzo and Jessie Fowler.
Unexpectedly moving and luminously wise, Tennyson's Gift is the funniest novel ever written about a ninteenth century Poet Laureate.
