{"product_id":"9780571269556","title":"Mr Lear : A Life of Art and Nonsense","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Uglow, Jenny, Uglow, Jenny, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 17\/10\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 656 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e Published By: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFaber \u0026amp; Faber\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Biography: literary\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780571269556\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Daily Telegraph, Times, Evening Standard, TLS and Spectator Book of the Year. Winner of the Hawthornden Prize. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdward Lear is well-loved for his 'nonsenses', from joyous limericks to great love songs, and for his wonderful natural history paintings, landscapes and travel writing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut although Lear belongs to the age of Darwin and Dickens, his genius for the absurd and his dazzling word-play make him a very modern spirit. He was also a man of great simplicity and charm - children loved him - yet his humour masked epilepsy, depression and loneliness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJenny Uglow's beautifully illustrated biography brings us his swooping moods, passionate friendships and restless travels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbove all it shows how this uniquely gifted man lived all his life on the boundaries of disciplines and desires - an exile of the heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022190543001,"sku":"9780571269556","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780571269556.jpg?v=1602538817","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780571269556","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}