Trade paperback. The poet Edward Lear's work and life are identified as situating themselves on the borders of rules and structures in this look at the experiences, sympathies and real-life agendas that set the tone of Lear's joyful and wildly imaginative 'nonsense' creations from author of }A Gambling Man: Charles II & The Restoration{ Jenny Uglow A scrupulously forensic literary appreciation of Edward Lear and his 'nonsenses' by one of our most cherished historians - without losing any sense of fun.
