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Thomas and Jane Calyle: Portrait of a Marriage
Thomas and Jane Calyle Portrait of a Marriage Author:Rosemary Ashton A stunning new joint biography from the acclaimed author of George Eliot. — The Carlyles lived at the heart of English life in mid-Victorian London, but both were outsiders, a Scottish pair who looked caustically at the society they so influenced -- Carlyle through his copious writings, and both through their network of acquaintances and c... more »orrespondents. This is not only a portrait of a marriage but a picture of an age. It is elegant, erudite and entertaining.« less