Showing The mystery of Lewis Carroll by Jenny Woolf

Now available on Kindle, an updated version of this well-reviewed biography presenting Lewis Carroll in a balanced light in the context of his time. First published in 2010 in the UK, USA and soon to be available in Japan, it is revised and updated. Lewis Carroll was a mass of contradictions - secretive, kindly, controversial, passionate, intensely moral, a man who revelled in double meanings, false reflections and puzzles. A vital and respected part of his large, clerical family, he nevertheless attracted controversy about his relationships with the opposite sex during every decade of his adult life. From "Alice in Wonderland"'s first appearance in 1865, he shunned personal publicity, and used the Victorian equivalent of "spin" to conceal himself from the world. Returning to original sources, and avoiding speculation, this new Kindle edition has focused on facts to objectively illuminate the unusual, baffling and often exasperating human being that lived behind the confusing image. Revisions and corrections have been made and a time line is included.