Thomas Hardy is one of the sacred figures in English writing, a great poet and a novelist with a world reputation. His life was also extraordinary: from the poverty of rural Dorset he went on to become the Grand Old Man of English life and letters, his last resting place in Westminster Abbey. This seminal biography, by our leading biographer, covers Hardy's illegitimate birth, his rural upbringing, his escape to London in the 1860s, his marriages, his status as a bestselling novelist, and in later life, his supreme achievements as a poet.
- ISBN10 1861741839
- ISBN13 9781861741837
- Publish Date July 2007 (first published 5 October 2006)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cyder Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 10
- Language English