The Turning Point: 1851--A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World

by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

Book Overview

A major new biography that takes an unusual and illuminating approach to the great writer--immersing us in one year of his life--from the award-winning author of Becoming Dickens and The Story of Alice.

The year is 1851. It's a time of radical change in Britain, when industrial miracles and artistic innovations rub shoulders with political unrest, poverty, and disease. It is also a turbulent year in the private life of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525655948
• ISBN13: 9780525655947
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.8" x 9.6"