Thackeray Family Biography 1798-1919

Formerly Head of the Department of Performing Arts at Brunel University, John Aplin has been pursuing independent and extensive research on the Thackeray family since 2001. In 2006 he published A True Affection: Anne Thackeray Ritchie and the Tennysons. The two volumes of his biography of the Thackerays - The Inheritance of Genius and Memory and Legacy - are also available separately from The Lutterworth Press.

'There can be no doubt that both collections by Aplin will enhance scholar's understanding of Thackeray but their greatest contribution will be to researchers of Anne Thackeray Ritchie's life.'Clare Horrocks: Journal of Victorian Culture, Vol. 17 (2), 2012.'John Aplin's incredibly detailed two-volume biography of the Thackeray family is another profoundly excellent addition to Thackeray studies.'Years Work in English Studies, Vol. 92, No. 1, 2013