The marriage of William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919) and Lucy Madox Brown (1843-1894) united two of the most resonant Pre-Raphaelite family names. Their passionate and ultimately tragic relationship provides a fresh perspective on nineteenth-century marriage and on the private lives of eminent Victorians.

William and Lucy: The Other Rossettis

Biographies & Memoirs

THIRLWELL, Angela

Arts & Literature

Yale University Press

Into the Frame: The Four Loves of Ford Madox Brown

Remarkably, there has been only one biography of Ford Madox Brown in the past century and none at all of the four women in his life, his two wives, Elisabeth Bromley and Emma Hill, and his secret passions, the artist Marie Spartali and the author Mathilde Blind. All four were remarkable women, from very different backgrounds, striving for selfexpression in an age that sought to suppress them. Their livesfull of passion, sexual longing, tragedy, and determinationtake us from the English countryside and the artist’s studio, to a Europe in turmoil and revolution. These are not silent muses hidden in the shadow of the "Master." They step out of the shadows and into the picture, speaking with voices we can hear and understand. Romantic and illuminating, richly illustrated throughout, Into the Frame is a rare opportunity to explore a fascinating area of Victorian bohemianism, based on new research and written with verve and sympathy.

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Chatto&Windus

A unique biography exploring Shakespeare’s iconic Rosalind, heroine of As You Like It, seen through the eyes of the artists who have brought her to life. Into the spotlight steps Rosalind, from As You Like It. She's alive. She’s modern. She's also a fiction. Played by a boy actor in 1599, Rosalind is a girl who gets into men's clothes so that she can investigate the truth about love. Both male and female, imaginary and real, her intriguing duality gives her a special role. This book is for everyone who has ever loved Shakespeare. Rosalind, his most innovative heroine, can never die. There is no clock in the Forest of Arden where Rosalind finds herself and applies her mercurial wit to teach her lover, Orlando, how to become her perfect partner, issues which consume men and women today. This highly original biography of Rosalind contains exclusive new interviews with Juliet Rylance, Sally Scott, Janet Suzman, Juliet Stevenson, Michelle Terry, award-winning director Blanche McIntyre, as well as insights from Michael Attenborough, Kenneth Branagh, Greg Doran, Rebecca Hall, Adrian Lester, Pippa Nixon, Vanessa Redgrave, and Fiona Shaw. Exploring the fictitious life and the many after-lives of Rosalind, Angela Thirwell delves into the character’s perennial influence on drama, fiction and art. For any fan of the theater, this book ranges far and wide across the Elizabethan world, sexual politics, autobiography, and filmography, bringing Shakespeare's immortal heroine to new and vivid life.

Rosalind: A Biography of Shakespeare's Immortal Heroine

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Pegasus Books

Angela Thirlwell explores the fictitious life and the many after-lives of Rosalind, Shakespeare's progressive new heroine, and her perennial influence on drama, fiction and art. The book ranges widely across Tudor history, theatre history, sexual politics, autobiography, art history and filmography. This highly original 'biography' of Rosalind - Shakespeare's greatest female creation - contains exclusive new interviews with Juliet Rylance, Sally Scott, Janet Suzman, Juliet Stevenson, Michelle Terry, award-winning director Blanche McIntyre, as well as insights from Michael Attenborough, Kenneth Branagh, Greg Doran, Rebecca Hall, Adrian Lester, Pippa Nixon, Vanessa Redgrave and Fiona Shaw.

British & Irish

Oberon Books Ltd

A vivid account of the public art and private demons of the finest but least understood artist connected to the Pre-Raphaelite movement, and the four central women in his life: his two wives and models, and his two secret lovers Romantic, illuminating, and richly illustrated throughout, this biography is a rare opportunity to explore a fascinating area of Victorian bohemianism, based on new research and written with verve and sympathy. Madox Brown was always an outsider, refusing to join any group, even the Pre-Raphaelites with whom he was so closely associated; and the women he loved also burst out of accepted stereotypes. His wives, Elisabeth Bromley and Emma Hill, and his secret passions, the artist Marie Spartali and the author Mathilde Blind, were remarkable women from very different backgrounds. Their striving for self-expression in an age that sought to suppress them reveals much about womens' journeys towards modern roles. Elisabeth Bromley was born in 1818, the year Mary Shelley published Frankenstein; Marie Spartali died in 1927, a year before all women won the vote in Great Britain. Their lives—full of passion, sexual longing, tragedy, and determination—reach from the English countryside and the artist's studio, to a Europe in turmoil and revolution. These are not silent muses hidden in the shadow of the "Master"—they step out of the shadows and into the picture, speaking with voices the reader can hear and understand.

Humor & Entertainment

Pimlico

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William and Lucy: The Other Rossettis

Into the Frame: The Four Loves of Ford Madox Brown

Rosalind: A Biography of Shakespeare's Immortal Heroine

Rosalind: A Biography of Shakespeare's Immortal Heroine

Into the Frame: The Four Loves of Ford Madox Brown