Jenny Uglow 's books include prize-winning biographies of Elizabeth Gaskell, William Hogarth and Sarah Losh. The Lunar Men, published in 2002, was described by Richard Holmes as 'an extraordinarily gripping account', while Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick, won the National Arts Writers Award and A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. Her most recent book is In These Times: Living in Britain through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815. She lives in Canterbury.
"""A splendid portrait of this remarkable man."" --SundayTimes ""A wonderfully sharp and sympathetic biography.""--Mail on Sunday ""Jenny Uglow has written a great life about an artist with half a life, a biography that might break your heart.""-- Robert McCrum, Observer ""Jenny Uglow, Edward Lear's most sensitive biographer to date, does him proud.""-- A. N.Wilson, Literary Review ""Quite wonderful.""-- Guardian"