John Baldwin

Few biographies are as nuanced, guarded yet open, and written with such connection and respect (read: love) for her husband, Edward Coley Birne-Jones. This is one of the great artist-biographies. Georgiana stands back to allow her husband to be celebrated and shine, though there is a grounded sense of reality and her understanding of his life and work, his context, his flaws and his artistic journey, that leads to this highly personal and insightful biography.