- Published: 22 February 2011
- ISBN: 9781446435137
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 336
Into The Frame
The Four Loves of Ford Madox Brown
- Published: 22 February 2011
- ISBN: 9781446435137
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 336
Thirlwell has written a moving and absorbing book about Victorian marriage, ambition and unrequited love
Frances Wilson, Sunday Times
Humane and intelligent book... an up-close, colourfully detailed study of the interweaving lives and passions of a small group of sophisticated Victorians
Serena Davies, Daily Telegraph
Angela Thirlwell is entirely confortable in the world inhabited by the Pre-Raphaelites, and her earlier study of William Rossetti deserved the plaudits heaped on it. Now she has turned to Ford Madox Brown and once again has proved to be an able scholar who turns meticulous research into a seamless narrative.... An excellent account, lovingly narrated and wise in its judgements
Trevor Royle, Herald
[A] beautifully written, emotionally intelligent and finely detailed account... What impresses is how richly informative is this history of individual lives, about the period as a whole, its culture, and material existence
Frances Spalding, Independent
No doubt about it, the Pre-Raphaelites are back... Angela Thirlwell has done much useful research, and we feel we now know Brown better than before
Brian Fallon, Irish Times
Ford Madox Brown was somewhat overlooked in his own day.....It is pleasant, therefore, to see him receiving his due in this interesting, sideways look at his work via the women in his life
Spectator
A carefully researched and sympathetic biography of Brown and the four women he loved... Thirlwell writes with great thoughtfulness and insight
Economist
No doubt about it, the Pre-Raphaelites are back... Angela Thirlwell has done much useful research, and we feel we now know Brown better than before
Brian Fallon, Irish Tatler
A fascinating attempt to disentangle [FMB's] tantalising relationships
Daily Express
An absorbing book about Victorian marriage ambition and unrequited love
Frances Wilson, Sunday Times