Dickens' Artistic Daughter Katey

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Dickens' Artistic Daughter Katey
Lucinda Hawksley

Katey Dickens was born into a house of turbulent celebrity and grew up surrounded by fascinating, famous, and infamous people. From a very young age, she knew her vocation was to be an artist. Lucinda Hawksley charts the life of a celebrated portrait painter, who redefines our preconceptions about Victorian women. Living to be almost ninety, Katey survived an unconventional marriage, love affairs, heartbreak, depression, and the challenges of being a female artist in a male-dominated era.

Compelling and illuminating, Katey tells the story of a spirited woman who found fame at the centre of the first celebrity phenomenon; it also uncovers the reality of what it was like to be a child of Charles and Catherine Dickens. This biography of Katey, celebrating her artistic prestige which saw her compared to Millais is long overdue. The details of her fascinating life await rediscovery.

GENRE
Historical; Literature; Non-Fiction

UK PUBLICATION
April 2018

Praise

"It is an intimate look at life in the Dickens household as well as that of his lovely and talented daughter, Kate. Brilliantly and exhaustively researched, written in a lively and engaging manner and respectfully portrayed, this biography does not disappoint."
Amazon review

"... Compelling. It is my belief that anyone with an interest in researched biographies or Victorian times would find this of interest and entertaining."
Amazon review