- Published: 29 August 2013
- ISBN: 9781473505063
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 448
The Poets' Daughters
Dora Wordsworth and Sara Coleridge
- Published: 29 August 2013
- ISBN: 9781473505063
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 448
Meticulously researched ... a fascinating snapshot of one of the most interesting periods in British intellectual and artistic history …Waldegrave … brings the story of these two women’s lives brilliantly alive.
Sunday Times
[An] important and moving book . . . quite simply fascinating ... [Dora and Sara] emerge from these pages as intensely knowable; never has the cost of being a daughter of Romanticism been shown with more sympathy and imagination.
Literary Review
Sometimes, all too rarely, a review seems superfluous and all the reviewer wants to say is, ‘This is a terrific book, read it.’ The Poets’ Daughters is one of those rare books.
Book Oxygen
A gripping narrative ... This insightful and compassionate book ... is a powerful addition to the recent literature that has enlarged our understanding of women whose lives – until now – have remained obscured by those dominant male writers of their time.
New Statesman
To find a fresh story to tell about an already formidably chronicled group of historical figures is an accomplishment in itself, but for weaving such a fascinating familial case history out of the material, Waldegrave deserves considerable praise.
Observer
[A] riveting family saga …Katie Waldegrave is non-judgemental … She has negotiated the mountains of material and the emotional swamps with skill and clarity.
The Spectator
Katie Waldegrave does an excellent job showing the trials and tribulations of Dora and Sara.
Independent on Sunday
Waldegrave's remarkable first book ... brings their stories brilliantly alive.
Sunday Times
Riveting and absorbing …Highly recommended
Historical Novels Review