![]() ![]() His treatment of Effie was unsanctionable, and the detail of that is found in these pages. There’s no denying that Ruskin was a strange fish, but Williams makes it clear in her prologue, that she has no desire to vilify him. While it follows Effie from the beginning to the end of her life, the main focus is necessarily on her marriage to Ruskin and the events that led up to its annulment and her subsequent union with John Millais. Whether or not you are acquainted with the scandal, this book is recommended reading. Now that I’ve got that small confession out of the way, (and hopefully Rossetti isn’t reading this), let’s concentrate on the book. cue gratuitous photograph, courtesy of the BBC … ![]() The other reason I was so keen to read this is that I thought Samuel Barnett as John Millais was the best thing in the whole series …. ![]() I took it with me on my recent trip to London where I stayed in John Millas’s former residence. Merryn Williams retelling of the triangle involving John Ruskin, his wife Effie and the painter, John Millais, is the first to make its way to me. Whether or not you enjoyed the sensational BBC serial Desperate Romantics last year, there have been benefits for fans of pre-raphaelite art and history in the form of new publications. ![]()
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