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Discusses the relationship between the philosopher and novelist Godwin, whose controversial biography of his wife almost ended his literary career, and the poet Shelley, who restored Godwin's reputation while running away with his daughter
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"Much more than the biography of a family. It is in large measure the biography of an era... The reader comes away with the feeling that he has witnessed a panorama of intellectual history which transcends the records of individual failures and weaknesses."
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The Saga of the Sandwich Islands, Volume I, A Complete Documentation of Honolulu's and Oahu's Development over One Hundred and Seventy Five Years
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