1845. Branwell Bront returns home to Haworth, West Yorkshire in disgrace, having been dismissed from domestic service following an affair with the mistress of the house. As their brother descends into alcoholism and insanity, bringing chaos to the household, his sisters, Anne, Charlotte and Emily, begin to write...Polly Teale's tantalising glimpse into the lives of Yorkshire's most famous daughters beautifully evokes their real and imagined world as their fictional characters come to haunt their creators.
