Nicholson creates a strong historical base from which he imaginatively recreates the time period and the personalities involved - Independent on Sunday Enjoyable...the history is fascinating and the poems are sublime - The Sunday Times A beguiling meditation on poetry and love - The Times In this ambitious and brilliantly executed instalment a true historical love story intertwines with an imaginary contemporary one - Big Issue in the North William Nicholson's masterly novel, zig-zagging between two contrasting eras, weaves love, sex and poetry together so seamlessly that you can hardly see the joins. - Mail on Sunday A compelling reflection on sex and marriage in the 19th Century...an enjoyable concoction of first-hand accounts and modern imagination. - The Financial Times The novel has quite a sensual side that strays from what you might be expecting - We Love This Book