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A startlingly original new look at Shelley, a stunning work of scholarship and imagination by one of the most remarkable non-fiction writers in Britain. Four questions consumed Shelley and coloured everything he wrote. Who, or what, was he? What was his purpose? Where had he come from? And where was he going? He sought the answers in order to free and empower not only himself, but the whole human race. His revolution would shatter the earth's illusions, shock men and women with new visions, find true Love and Liberty - and take everyone with him. Ann Wroe's book takes the life of one of England's greatest poets and turns it inside out, bringing us the life of the poet rather than the man. The result is a journey that is as passionate and exhilarating as it is astonishing. This is Shelley as he has never been seen before.

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Intensely imaginative. . . . A biography that reads like poetry itself. . . . Wroe manages to get inside Shelley's head. <br>-- Providence Journal <br> If you are a fan of Percy Bysshe Shelley, you will love Anne Wroe's Being Shelley, . . . Her approach topples conventions. . . . She climbs inside his head. <br>-- The Plain Dealer <br> An extraordinary feat of scholarship. . . . A risky but singularly exhilarating book. <br>--Richard Holmes, The Guardian <br> Visionary . . . daring . . . [ Being Shelley ] is anchored gracefully in biographical and textual detail. <br>-- The Atlantic <br> Enthrallingly readable. . . . A magnificent book from an extraordinarily intuitive and gifted writer. . . . The biographer's achievement is on a par with that of her subject, which is no mean accomplishment indeed. <br>-- Georgia Review <br> Daringly experimental. . . . Wroe delivers Shelley's imaginative and creative life in all its perplexing brilliance. <br>-- Booklist (starred review)

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Ann Wroe is the Obituaries editor of The Economist, and has written its weekly obituary for almost two decades. She is the author of eight previous works of non-fiction, including biographies of Pontius Pilate (shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Award and the W.H. Smith Award), Perkin Warbeck, Shelley, Orpheus (winner of the Criticos Prize) and St Francis. She lives in Brighton and London.

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