Memory and Legacy,
Subtitle A Thackeray Family Biography 1876-1919
By John Aplin
Published by
Lutterworth Press
ISBN 9780718892258
Category Biography
Spring 2011
Synopsis
The concluding volume of this major new domestic biography of the Thackerays offers a detailed examination of the later years of Anne Thackeray, the novelist’s elder daughter, who became sole guardian of the family legacy after the deaths of her famous father and her younger sister.
Author's Biography
Following an academic career as the Head of Performing Arts at Brunel University, since 2001 John Aplin has pursued extensive independent research on the Thackeray family.
Reviews
Price £25.00 Binding: Paperback
Reader Comments
The book is excellent and poignant and offers an intimate and moving account of Anny’s life and circle. It does represent a new kind of genre – of a portrait of a family – and a fascinating one too.