Emma Darwin by Edna Healey

Emma Darwin by Edna Healey

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Zusammenfassung

This biography of the woman Charles Darwin referred to as "twice refined gold" details her life as the granddaughter of the famous Josiah Wedgewood and her life with and influence on her husband.

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Emma Darwin by Edna Healey

Much has been written about Charles Darwin but this is the first biography of his strong, intelligent wife whom he referred to as 'twice refined gold'. Emma Wedgwood, granddaughter of the famous Josiah, married Charles Darwin in 1839, three years after he returned from his extraordinary voyage on the Beagle. Their life together was intellectually exciting though overshadowed by personal tragedy. Edna Healey has discovered new, and hitherto unpublished material and has the full support of the Darwin family in writing this major biography.
,This is a profoundly touching account of an exceptional marriage' - The Sunday Times

,the splendid Edna Healey exhibited the sharpest wit and memory on the subject of the much-neglected Emma Darwin' - The Times
Edna Healey read English at Oxford and has lectured widely on literature and history. She is now a writer, broadcaster and film maker. Her book Lady Unknown, a biography of Angela Burdett-Coutts, received the Yorkshire Post Literary Award. She is married to former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey.
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ISBN 13 9780747275794
ISBN 10 0747275793
Titel Emma Darwin
Autor Edna Healey
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Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag Headline Publishing Group
Erscheinungsjahr 2001-09-27
Seitenanzahl 384
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