The Prometheans: John Martin and the generation that stole the future

by Max Adams

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The richly varied lives of the Martin brothers reflected the many upheavals of Britain in the age of Industrial Revolution. Low-born and largely unschooled, they were part of a new generation of artists, scientists and inventors who witnessed the creation of the modern world. William, the eldest, was a cussedly eccentric inventor who couldn't look at a piece of machinery without thinking about how to improve it; Richard, a courageous soldier, fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo; Jonathan, a hellfire preacher tormented by madness and touched with a visionary genius reminiscent of William Blake, almost burned down...Read more
  • ISBN10 1849161739
  • ISBN13 9781849161732
  • Publish Date 4 March 2010
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Quercus Publishing
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 336
  • Language English