Lizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel - Hardcover

Lucinda Dickens Hawksley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0233005072 ISBN 13: 9780233005072

Publisher: Welbeck Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

A tall, slim redhead, lacking curves, Lizzie was the antithesis of mid-19th-century beauty. Spotted working as a milliners assistant, she became a muse for the Pre-Raphaelites and - immortalized in Millaiss Ophelia - one of the most famous faces of her day. This biography takes us from her humble beginnings through her marriage to Rossetti and on to her ultimate tragic end, examining her own poetic and artistic abilities along the way.

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Review:

'A truly extraordinary achievement.' - A.N. WILSON 'The life behind the model for Millais's Ophelia...The first supermodel, Siddal remains a fascinating figure.' - Tatler 'A seductive biography. The story as it gains in tragedy is irresistible' - The Sunday Times 'This mesmerising biography gives life to an icon, and reads as grippingly as any rags-to-riches novel.' - The Mail on Sunday 'It is the stuff of opera' - Sunday Telegraph 'A heart-wrenching tale of art, addiction, adultery and loss, which transcends the decades. A fluid contemporary classic.' - Skytext --A.N. Wilson; Tatler; The Sunday Times; The Mail on Sunday; Sunday Telegraph; Skytext

'A riveting biography... I couldn't put it down' --Michelle Paver, Author

About the Author:

Lucinda Dickens Hawksley is the great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens and a patron of the Charles Dickens Museum in London. She has written more than 20 books, including Lizzie Siddal, The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel (2004) and Katey, The Life and Loves of Dickens's Artist Daughter (2006). A part-time lecturer as well as a writer, Lucinda is an expert in Dickens's family life and has been awarded a fellowship to study the life of Augustus Dickens (Charles's brother and the original "Boz") at the Newberry Library in Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: Welbeck Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0233005072
• ISBN 13: 9780233005072
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240