- Published: 1 March 2013
- ISBN: 9780099287476
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 224
- RRP: $19.99
Wilkie Collins
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- Published: 1 March 2013
- ISBN: 9780099287476
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 224
- RRP: $19.99
Four stars, (A) perfect little biography
Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
With deft strokes, Peter Ackroyd’s biography portrays his character and sets him in context, weaving critical appraisals seamlessly into the story of his life. The bravura of this biography lies in its brilliantly judged brevity.
Iain Finlayson, The Times
Unfailingly perceptive
Andrew Taylor, Independent
This biography is compulsive reading
The Economist
Insightful
Judith Flanders, Sunday Telegraph
Neat and informative
DJ Taylor, Independent on Sunday
Always absorbing
Lesley McDowell, Glasgow Sunday Herald
Concise but wide-ranging… A fitting tribute to [Collins’] legacy
Sally Morris, Daily Mail