The Young H.G. Wells: Changing the World - Claire Tomalin

The Young H.G. Wells: Changing the World - Claire TomalinA fascinating journey into the early life of H. G. Wells, the father of science fiction, from one of Britain's best biographers How did the first forty years of H. G Wells' life shape a fantastic writer into a visionary? Claire Tomalin's remarkable and empathic biography, focusing on HG Wells' early life, offers a new understanding of one of Britain's most influential writers. From his impoverished childhood in a working class English family, to his

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