A review by eringow
The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë by Daphne du Maurier

4.0

Although this is a biography it reads like a novel. There is, admittedly, a lot of guess work about Branwell's emotional motivation and personal responses in order to make the story more interesting and compelling, but the narrative is convincing none the less. It is interesting to see well-documented events in the Bronte family life from another point of view than that espoused by most fans of the sisters. DuMaurier's gothic tone matches the content well, and fleshes out the snippets of Branwell's writing without jarring, sometimes even lending a credibility and power his writing may not posses purely on it's own merit.