Book description
Four questions consumed Shelley and coloured everything he wrote.
Who, or what, was he? What was his purpose? Where had he come from?
And where was he going? He sought the answers in order to free and
empower not only himself, but the whole human race. His revolution
would shatter the earth's illusions, shock men and women with new
visions, find true Love and Liberty - and take everyone with him.
Ann Wroe's book takes the life of one of England's greatest poets
and turns it inside out, bringing us the life of the poet rather than
the man. The result is a journey that is as passionate and
exhilarating as it is astonishing. This is Shelley as he has never
been seen before.
Ann Wroe is the Briefings and Obituaries Editor of the
Economist
. After taking a degree in History and a doctorate in medieval history
(Oxford, 1975) she worked at the BBC World Service, covering French and
Italian politics. She joined the
Economist
in 1976 to cover American politics, and has held the posts of Books and
Arts editor (1988-1992) and American editor (1992-2000). She has written
five books:
Lives, Lies and the Iran-Contra Affair
;
A Fool and His Money: Life in a Partitioned Medieval Town
;
Pilate: The Biography of an Invented Man
;
Perkin: A Story of Deception
and
Orpheus
. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Society
of Literature. She is married with three sons and lives in London.
