"A biography for teens on Queen Victoria (1819-1901). Her long reign was filled with drama, death, intrigue, and passion, and took place during a time of great transformation, an era that bears the imprint of her personality and values as well as that of her name--the Victorian period."--Provided by publisher.

An introduction to the life and work of Ernest Hemingway, one of the most significant and notorious American writers of the 20th century.

"On the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, comes a riveting biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history"--

Explores the turbulent lives of the three literary siblings and the oppressive times in which they lived, and offers insight into their classic nineteenth-century novels.

In this compelling biograpy, Catherine Reef explains Freud's theories and methods, placing them in the context of the times and offing a glimpse of the birth of modern psychology.

Traces the life of the African American classical composer.

Biography of Walt Whitman whose poetry in Leaves of grass reflected the great changes that took place in 19th century America.