{"product_id":"patrick-bronte-father-of-genius","title":"Patrick Bronte","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePatrick Bronte\u003c\/em\u003e (1777-1861) was the father of the famous Bronte Sisters; Anne, Charlotte and Emily, three of Victorian England's greatest novelists, but he was a fascinating man in his own right and not nearly such an unsympathetic character as Elizabeth Gaskell's \u003cem\u003eLife of Charlotte Bronte\u003c\/em\u003e would have us believe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into poverty in Ireland, he won a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge, and was ordained into the Church of England. He was perpetual curate of Haworth in Yorkshire for forty-one years, bringing up four children, founding a school and campaigning for a proper water supply. Although often portrayed as a somewhat forbidding figure, he was an opponent of capital punishment and the Poor Law Amendment Act, a supporter of limited Catholic emancipation and a writer of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first serious biography of Patrick Bronte for more than forty years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nonsuch Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32034604613715,"sku":"9780752454450","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780752454450.jpg?v=1778576465","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/patrick-bronte-father-of-genius","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}