{"title":"Sarah Harkness","description":"\u003cp\u003eSarah Harkness offers poignant explorations into lives both ordinary and extraordinary, weaving biography with a deep sense of empathy. Her works invite readers to engage with personal stories that illuminate broader cultural and social themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a thoughtful narrative style and attention to detail, Harkness’ writing in \u003cem\u003eLiterature for the People\u003c\/em\u003e and beyond draws you into the human experience, making history and memory resonate with immediacy and warmth.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"literature-for-the-people-by-sarah-harkness-9781035008933","title":"Literature for the People","description":"From an impoverished childhood in the Scottish highlands to Victorian London, this is the inspiring story of brothers Daniel and Alexander Macmillan who built a publishing empire - and brought Alice in Wonderland to the world. Their remarkable achievements are revealed in this entertaining, superbly researched biography.\n\nDaniel and Alexander arrived in London in the 1830s at a crucial moment of social change. These two idealistic brothers, working-class sons of a Scottish crofter, went on to set up a publishing house that spread radical ideas on equality, science and education across the world. They also brought authors like Lewis Carroll, Thomas Hardy and Charles Kingsley, and poets like Matthew Arnold and Christina Rossetti, to a mass audience. No longer would books be just for the upper classes.\n\nIn Literature for the People Sarah Harkness brings to life these two warm-hearted men. Daniel was driven by the knowledge that he was living on borrowed time, his body ravaged by tuberculosis. Alexander took on responsibility for the company as well as Daniel's family and turned a small business into an international powerhouse. He cultivated the literary greats of the time, weathered controversy and tragedy, and fostered a dynasty that would include future prime minister Harold Macmillan.\n\nIncluding fascinating insights about the great, the good and the sometimes wayward writers of the Victorian era, with feuds, friendships and passionate debate, this vibrant book is bursting with all the energy of that exciting period in history.","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48242891915500,"sku":"9781035008933","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035008933-literature-for-the-people-1.jpg?v=1787977639"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/sarah-harkness.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}