The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft
$38.93
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
10 August 2012
Summary
‘There is no better book on Mary Wollstonecraft nor is there likely to be’ - J.H. Plumb
Witty, courageous and unconventional, Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the most controversial figures of her day. She published A Vindication of the Rights of Women, lived through the Terror in France, had an illegitimate daughter and married the philosopher William Godwin before dying in childbirth at the age of 38.
Claire Tomalin’s first book inaugurated a glittering career, and br…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241963319 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241963311 |
| Author: | Claire Tomalin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 10 August 2012 |
| Weight: | 282g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 133mm x 27mm |
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About The Author
Claire Tomalin
Claire Tomalin has been the literary editor of the New Statesman and the Sunday Times. She has written seven highly acclaimed literary biographies including Samuel Pepys which was Whitbread Book of the Year and the international bestseller Charles Dickens. She is married to the playwright and novelist Michael Frayn.
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