The Mother of the Brontës
When Maria met Patrick

A fascinating insight into the mother of some of my favourite authors: the famous Bronte sisters (and brother). You can tell lots of research has been done to lovingly bring this woman but also her children to life. I found it difficult to put down. Thank you NetGalley and Pen and Sword History for......more

If you knew what were my feelings whilst writing this you would pity me. I wish to write the truth and give you satisfaction, yet fear to go too far, and exceed the bounds of propriety. Maria Branwell to The Rev. Patrick Bronte, August 26, 1812 When I consider my previously perceived character portra......more

'When I first wondered aloud why no one has ever written a biography of Maria the answer came swiftly: “There isn’t enough on her,”' writes Sharon Wright. As Wright’s latest book, The Mother of the Brontës, proves in abundance, this is just nonsense. Maria Branwell was born in 1783 in a house overloo......more

For my full review: [URL not allowed] When you think of the Brontë family, you think of the three sisters, the dissolute brother and behind them their vicar father, white-haired and stern. If you're a fan then perhaps you know that with them also lived their Aunt Branwell, sist......more

Thanks to Rosie Croft from Pen & Sword for sending me an early hardback copy of this book, which I freely chose to review. Despite being a fan of the Brontës, having visited Haworth, and read about them (although I’m no expert), on seeing this book I realised I didn’t know much about their mother, ot......more