Wives of fame: Mary Livingstone, Jenny Marx, Emma Darwin

by Edna Healey

Here are portraits of three very different Victorian women, all of whom married men of exceptional talent, energy and genius. To be the wife of such frenetic, explosive characters as David Livingstone, Karl Marx or Charles Darwin, especially at this period in history, demanded rare qualities.

Hardcover

First published July 1, 1987

About the author

Edna May Healey née Edna May Edmunds, was a writer, lecturer and film-maker married to Denis Healey.

Reviews

[Colleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read if you're a lover of biographies of unknow women.

[Barbara Joan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyable short biographies of these three, much put upon, wives of famous men.