Dark Quartet: The Story of the Brontes

Dark Quartet: The Story of the Brontes

The Bronte sisters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne - are some of the best-known, and best-loved, English authors.

But less well-known were the two other Bronte sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, who died before reaching adulthood, and their brother Branwell, who was haunted by his own demons until his death in his thirties.

Their home, Haworth Parsonage, stood on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors like a rock in a tempest.

After the death of Maria and Elizabeth, the four remaining children returned to its cheerless rooms and dreamed their wild and shining fantasies, bound together by a mutual passion for literature and for their beloved moors.

Forced by poverty to emerge from Haworth to earn their living, the sisters were set free to write their extraordinary novels.

But for their brother, it meant ruin.

In â€˜Dark Quartetâ€™ Lynne Reid Banks tells the beautiful, haunting story of the BrontÃ« family and their perilous path to fame.

â€˜Thoroughly grippingâ€™ â€” Cosmopolitan

â€˜Lynne Reid Banks has written an exciting and absorbing book and has offered us her answers to some of the mysteries of the lives of the BrontÃ«sâ€™ â€” Irish Times

â€˜A novel which will open many eyes afresh to the lives of the remarkable and gifted BrontÃ«sâ€™ â€” Yorkshire Post

Lynne Reid Banks is a best-selling British author for both children and adults. Her first novel, â€˜The L-Shaped Roomâ€™, was adapted into a successful film, as was her childrenâ€™s book â€˜The Indian in the Cupboardâ€™. Her account of the lives of the BrontÃ«s, â€˜Dark Quartetâ€™, won the Yorkshire Arts Association Award and was followed by a sequel, â€˜Path to the Silent Country: Charlotte Bronteâ€™s Years of Fameâ€™.

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Country	USA
Author	Lynne Reid Banks
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Endeavour Press
Manufacturer	Endeavour Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	416
PublicationDate	2014-10-01
Publisher	Endeavour Press
ReleaseDate	2014-10-01
Studio	Endeavour Press

Dark Quartet: The Story of the Brontes

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