In this new volume, historian and award-winning author Lucinda Hawksley
explores the life of her great-great-great-grandfather, Charles Dickens
(1812-70)--one of the first people to whom the term "celebrity" in its
modern sense was applied, and whose extensive circle of friends and
associates included many of the most eminent and influential figures of
the Victorian age. The ninth title in The National Portrait Gallery
Companions series, Charles Dickens and His Circle is a compact, fully
illustrated historical guide to a literary personality and the movement
that surrounded him. Illustrated with works from the National Portrait
Gallery's collection, including both familiar and less well-known
portraits of Dickens and his contemporaries, this is a unique and
accessible reader on the beloved English novelist and social critic.