Letters and Lives of the Tennyson Women

Contradicting common perception of them as mere footnotes in Tennyson''s career, this book examines the influence of his strong-minded female forebears on the young poet and reveals that the women in Tennyson''s family circle were prolific and engaging correspondents. Their letters, preserved in archives in Lincoln and for the most part unpublished, cast a unique light on the Tennyson family''s in...