Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius

‘I relished every page … This is the best book on Jane Austen I have ever read’Spectator

‘Compelling … a delightful and engrossing book … Byrne’s passion is nothing if not persuasive’Sunday Times

Was Jane Austen a woman of prim manners and genteel calm? Or someone who behaved outrageously, filled with sharp wit and wild comedy?

The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

‘It is good to meet the real Jane Austen at last’ Independent on Sunday

‘Brilliantly illuminating … by focusing, chapter by chapter, on one thread or another of Austen’s experience, Byrne allows us to grasp the richness of her inner life’ Guardian

Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses

A Book of the Year in The Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, Bookseller and at Waterstones

‘He understands only the women he invents – the others not at all’

Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World

A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020

‘Radical Wordsworth deserves to take its place as the finest modern introduction to his work, life and impact’ Financial Times

‘Richly repays reading … It is hard to think of another poet who has changed our world so much’ Sunday Times

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