Robert douglas fairhurst biography of abraham lincoln

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst is a professor of English literature at the University of Oxford, and a fellow of Magdalen College.

His books include Becoming Dickens: The Invention of a Novelist, which won the Duff Cooper Prize, and The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland, which was short-listed for the Costa Biography Award and was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.

The Every-Day Life of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 1: A N Seller highly recommended.

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Binding: Paperback · Publisher: Vintage Publishing · Genre: Biography & Autobiography · ISBN: , X · Pages:

Willie Lincoln, the president's year-old son, who died of typhoid fever in , and here finds himself lying in his coffin in a Georgetown crypt.

He writes regularly for publications including the Times (London), the Guardian, TLS, and the Spectator. Radio and television appearances include Start the Week and The Culture Show, and he has also acted as the historical consultant on TV adaptations of Jane Eyre, Emma, and Great Expectations, the BBC drama series Dickensian, and the feature film Enola Holmes.

In 2015 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in Oxford, England.