Having
enjoyed her biography of Samuel Pepys (see below) I tackled this book with
confidence, which turned out to be thoroughly justified. It’s brilliant.
I
was captivated by the story of this amazing man. At the age of 12 he was sent
to work in a blacking factory but rose to become not only a great novelist
(although his novels aren’t to my taste) but a father of ten children, a
demonically hardworking journalist, a director and actor, and a campaigner for
social justice. Talk about hyperactive.
But
he still managed to keep secret the existence of a long-standing mistress.
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