Juliet R. V. Barker

Reexamines the lives of the famous literary family to develop a fuller perspective on each writer's personality

The Brontës

Juliet Barker

Collected letters reveal the literary family's authentic voices, detailing the siblings self-absorbed childhood years of struggle to earn a living, and the effects of literary success

A Life in Letters

The Brontes

the English kingdom of France, 1417-1450

Conquest

Agincourt took place on 25 October 1415 and was a turning-point not only in the Hundred Years War between England and France but also in the history of weaponry. Azincourt (as it is now) is in the Pas-de-Calais, and the French were famously defeated by an army led by Henry V. Henry V's stunning victory revived England's military prestige and greatly strengthened his territorial claims in France. The exhausted English army of about 9,000 men was engaged by 20,000 Frenchmen, but the limited space of battle favoured the more compact English forces. The undisciplined charges of the French combined with the exceptional skill of the English archers contributed to a pivotal moment in European warfare. Not more than 1,600 English soldiers died; the French probably lost more than 6,000 men. Juliet Barker's shimmeringly brilliant narrative commemorates and analyses a canonical battle in British history.

The King, the Campaign, the Battle

Agincourt

Brontë family

A series of linked sketches of life among the ladies of a quiet country village in the 1830's.

Selected Poems

Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte herself referred to these childhood writings - stories, diary papers and poems - written between 1829 and 1835, as a 'long apprenticeship in writing.' They include the Young Men's Magazines, inspired by Branwell's toy soldiers, as well as stories and novelettes featuring the high romance and stylistic flair that are an intrinsic part of Charlotte's later work. The sheer exuberance of the "Juvenilia, " as Juliet Barker explores in her illuminating introduction, effectively dispels the myth of the Brontes' unhappy childhood.

Juliet R. V. Barker

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