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OverviewSaved from the drudgery of a working-class existence by a young Pre-Raphaelite artist, Lizzie Siddal rose to become one of the most famous faces in Victorian Britain and a pivotal figure of London's artistic world, until tragically ending her young life in a laudanum-soaked suicide in 1862. In the twenty-first century, even those who do not know her name always recognise her face: she is Millais' doomed Ophelia and Rossetti's beatified Beatrice. With many parallels in the modern-day world of art and fashion, this biography takes Lizzie from the background of Dante Rossetti's life and, finally, brings her to the forefront of her own. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lucinda HawksleyPublisher: Headline Publishing Group Imprint: Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780233005072ISBN 10: 0233005072 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 12 January 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Replaced By: 9781802797923 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews'This mesmerising biography gives life to an icon, and reads as grippingly as any rags-to-riches novel' * Mail on Sunday. * 'The life behind the model for Millais's Ophelia ... The first supermodel, Siddal remains a fascinating figure' * Tatler. * 'A seductive biography. The story as it gains in tragedy is irresistible' * Sunday Times. * 'It is the stuff of opera' * Sunday Telegraph. * 'This mesmerising biography gives life to an icon, and reads as grippingly as any rags-to-riches novel.' - The Mail on Sunday 'The life behind the model for Millais's Ophelia...The first supermodel, Siddal remains a fascinating figure.' - Tatler 'A seductive biography. The story as it gains in tragedy is irresistible' - The Sunday Times 'It is the stuff of opera' - Sunday Telegraph Author InformationLucinda Hawksley is the great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens and a patron of the Charles Dickens Museum in London. She has written more than 20 books, including March, Women, March and Katey, The Life and Loves of Dickens's Artist Daughter (2006). A part-time lecturer as well as a writer, Lucinda is an expert in Dickens's family life and has been awarded a fellowship to study the life of Augustus Dickens (Charles's brother and the original 'Boz') at the Newberry Library in Chicago. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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