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Synopsis
Hester Thrale's relationship with Dr Johnson has been the subject of endless speculation. This is a portrait of a woman whose life, loves and letters make a vivid and important contribution to our understanding of Georgian England.
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About the Author
Ian McIntyre was Controller of BBC Radio 3 for nine years and is a former associate editor of The Times. He is the author of a highly acclaimed biography of Robert Burns ('the biography', Ian Hamilton, The Times) as well as lives of Joshua Reynolds, Garrick and the BBC's first Director-General, John Reith. He still broadcasts and is a regular contributor to The Times.
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McIntyre is to be commended for portraying Hester's variability as the source of her strength rather than as a feminine weakness. In his affection and respect for her intellectual curiosity, emotional resilience and relish for life, he presents us with an 18th -century sensibility no less representative than Johnson's, but one demanding recognition rather than reverence. * London Review of Books * The best biography of the year * The Tablet * A story of a remarkable if not altogether likeable woman, well told * Sunday Telegraph * Fascinating * Telegraph * Supremely entertaining -- Tibor Fischer At last [Hester] has been given a detailed and sympathetic hearing -- Kate Chisholm * The Spectator * Packed with fascinating information and gives a taste of life in Georgian England...remarkable * Sunday Express * [A] marvellously rich biography -- Frances Wilson * The Sunday Times * I have read Ian MacIntyre's Hester with sustained pleasure at its calm narrative nicely spiced with the hot stuff of Mrs Thrale's ups and downs. The greatest pleasure is in the clever accumulation of detail; the spirit of adventure in Georgian life, and its breadth of cultured reading, suggests an England at once more rugged and more cultivated than today's. Ian MacIntyre wears his learning lightly and brings Dr Johnson's favourite female stridingly to life. * Frederic Raphael * An elegant and witty examination of an era of wit and intellectual elegance: quite simply, one of the best biographies I've ever read. * Tibor Fischer * An reassessment of [Hester] is long overdue ... Ian McIntyre has risen to the challenge, bringing to life this effervescent character and society ... Crisp and exact. * Daily Telegraph *
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- PublisherConstable
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1845294491
- ISBN 13 9781845294496
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages320
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