Description
Drawing on previously unpublished archival materials, this study spans three generations of the Lushington family. It investigates their personal histories through the themes of social, artistic, and cultural history. The author analyzes the Lushington family's relationships with well-known figures like Lady Byron, Queen Caroline, and members of the Bloomsbury Group. Most importantly, this study examines Lushington family members' roles within larger trends, including abolitionism, the Pre-Raphaelite movement, and Positivism.
About the Author
David Taylor obtained his PhD at the University of Roehampton.
Reviews
As important members of the circles around Byron and the Romantics in the early nineteenth century, Pre-Raphaelite writers and artists in the Victorian period, and Virginia Woolf's Bloomsbury world in the modernist age, several generations of the Lushington family played central roles in the story of British literature and culture. David Taylor charts this lost history and illuminates it with wit, scholarly intelligence, and a dedicated researcher's passion. -- Margaret D. Stetz, University of Delaware
Without any need for fame, the Lushingtons knew and influenced an astonishing number of public figures and events throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. This is a fascinating book about a family with their fingers in every pie. -- Julian Fellowes, creator of "Downton Abbey"
At the core of this fascinating study are the riches of the Lushington archives. David Taylor has not only used this resource to the fullest, but has also followed the threads outwards into the life of the nation. He paints a vivid and engaging picture of a cultivated, well-connected, and affluent professional family of individuals who took full and creative part in all that they encountered. -- Gillian Sutherland, Newnham College
Book Information
ISBN 9781793617156
Author David Taylor
Format Hardback
Page Count 390
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 803g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 162mm * 30mm
About the Author
David Taylor obtained his PhD at the University of Roehampton.
Reviews
As important members of the circles around Byron and the Romantics in the early nineteenth century, Pre-Raphaelite writers and artists in the Victorian period, and Virginia Woolf's Bloomsbury world in the modernist age, several generations of the Lushington family played central roles in the story of British literature and culture. David Taylor charts this lost history and illuminates it with wit, scholarly intelligence, and a dedicated researcher's passion. -- Margaret D. Stetz, University of Delaware
Without any need for fame, the Lushingtons knew and influenced an astonishing number of public figures and events throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. This is a fascinating book about a family with their fingers in every pie. -- Julian Fellowes, creator of "Downton Abbey"
At the core of this fascinating study are the riches of the Lushington archives. David Taylor has not only used this resource to the fullest, but has also followed the threads outwards into the life of the nation. He paints a vivid and engaging picture of a cultivated, well-connected, and affluent professional family of individuals who took full and creative part in all that they encountered. -- Gillian Sutherland, Newnham College
Book Information
ISBN 9781793617156
Author David Taylor
Format Hardback
Page Count 390
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 803g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 162mm * 30mm
