Sultry Month

Wine and dine with Victorian London's literati in a heatwave in one of the first ever group biographies, introduced by Francesca Wade (author of Square Haunting).Though she loved the heat she could do nothing but lie on the sofa and drink lemonade and read Monte Cristo .'One of the most illuminating and insufficiently praised books of the last 60 years.' Observer'Never bettered.' Guardian'Wholly o...