Richard Francis has taught at universities on both sides of the Atlantic and has previously written on Ann Lee, founder of the Shakers, and on the Salem witch trials. He is also a novelist.
"Thorough and occasionally hilarious. . . . [Mr. Francis] records
Bronson and Abigail's acts of charity. . . . But he also retells
less admiring stories. . . . Along the way he adumbrates the ways
in which idealism can slide into megalomania."—Wall Street
Journal
*Wall Street Journal*
"Excellent. . . . [Francis] is not only an historian but also a
novelist with an astute and appreciative eye for mixed
character."—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe
*Boston Globe*
"[Francis's] sober, thoughtful, probing book also manages to
provide great insight into the crucible that helped create the
remarkable writer and no less remarkable woman who produced such an
important piece of American fiction."—Martin Rubin, San Francisco
Chronicle
*San Francisco Chronicle*
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