- Published: 22 February 2011
- ISBN: 9781446435137
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 336
Into The Frame
The Four Loves of Ford Madox Brown
- Published: 22 February 2011
- ISBN: 9781446435137
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 336
[A] beautifully written, emotionally intelligent and finely detailed account... What impresses is how richly informative is this history of individual lives, about the period as a whole, its culture, and material existence
Frances Spalding, Independent
A carefully researched and sympathetic biography of Brown and the four women he loved... Thirlwell writes with great thoughtfulness and insight
Economist
A fascinating attempt to disentangle [FMB's] tantalising relationships
Daily Express
A humane and intelligent book... an up-close, colourfully detailed study of the interweaving lives and passions of a small group of sophisticated Victorians
Serena Davies, Daily Telegraph
An absorbing book about Victorian marriage ambition and unrequited love
Frances Wilson, Sunday Times
Angela Thirlwell is entirely confortable in the world inhabited by the Pre-Raphaelites, and her earlier study of William Rossetti deserved the plaudits heaped on it. Now she has turned to Ford Madox Brown and once again has proved to be an able scholar who turns meticulous research into a seamless narrative.... An excellent account, lovingly narrated and wise in its judgements
Trevor Royle, Herald
Compulsively readable... Engrossing
Times Literary Supplement
Ford Madox Brown was somewhat overlooked in his own day.....It is pleasant, therefore, to see him receiving his due in this interesting, sideways look at his work via the women in his life
Spectator
No doubt about it, the Pre-Raphaelites are back... Angela Thirlwell has done much useful research, and we feel we now know Brown better than before
Brian Fallon, Irish Times
No doubt about it, the Pre-Raphaelites are back... Angela Thirlwell has done much useful research, and we feel we now know Brown better than before
Brian Fallon, Irish Tatler
Thirlwell has written a moving and absorbing book about Victorian marriage, ambition and unrequited love
Frances Wilson, Sunday Times
Thirlwell’s oblique approach of exploring him through the women in his life is both refreshing and accomplished... The historical context is impeccable, providing a succinct but satisfying sense of contemporary events. As a art specialist, Thirlwell is particularly captivating when describing Madox Brown’s work, leaving me with a desperate urge to view his paintings
Catherine Pope - Victorian Geek http://blog.catherinepope.co.uk