D.J. Taylor was born in Norwich in 1960. He is a novelist, critic and acclaimed biographer, whose biography of Thackeray was a critically-acclaimed success and whose Orwell: The Life won the Whitbread Biography prize in 2003. His most recent books are Kept: A Victorian Mystery (a Publishers Weekly Book of the Year), Bright Young People: The Rise and Fall of a Generation 1918-1940, and the novels Ask Alice, At the Chime of a City Clock and, most recently, Derby Day.

"An accomplished, responsible, imaginative reconstruction of life, and of a life. Thackeray has come home" -- Victoria Glendinning Spectator "Wonderful... An outstanding biography. It is unlikely there will be a better one for years to come" -- Kathryn Hughes Mail on Sunday "A compelling biography... Taylor succeeds always in evoking a rich sense of context...without losing the narrative momentum" -- Michael Slater New Statesman "A richly detailed book... Taylor writes with verve and affection and is shrewdly perceptive" -- John Carey Sunday Times "Outstanding... On every page there is evidence of a formidable critical and imaginative intelligence at work... A splendid book" -- Frank McLynn Evening Standard

D.J. Taylor was born in Norwich in 1960. He is a novelist, critic and acclaimed biographer, whose biography of Thackeray was a critically-acclaimed success and whose Orwell: The Life won the Whitbread Biography prize in 2003. His most recent books are Kept: A Victorian Mystery (a Publishers Weekly Book of the Year), Bright Young People: The Rise and Fall of a Generation 1918-1940, and the novels Ask Alice, At the Chime of a City Clock and, most recently, Derby Day.

"An accomplished, responsible, imaginative reconstruction of life, and of a life. Thackeray has come home" -- Victoria Glendinning Spectator "Wonderful... An outstanding biography. It is unlikely there will be a better one for years to come" -- Kathryn Hughes Mail on Sunday "A compelling biography... Taylor succeeds always in evoking a rich sense of context...without losing the narrative momentum" -- Michael Slater New Statesman "A richly detailed book... Taylor writes with verve and affection and is shrewdly perceptive" -- John Carey Sunday Times "Outstanding... On every page there is evidence of a formidable critical and imaginative intelligence at work... A splendid book" -- Frank McLynn Evening Standard

D.J. Taylor was born in Norwich in 1960. He is a novelist, critic and acclaimed biographer, whose biography of Thackeray was a critically-acclaimed success and whose Orwell: The Life won the Whitbread Biography prize in 2003. His most recent books are Kept: A Victorian Mystery (a Publishers Weekly Book of the Year), Bright Young People: The Rise and Fall of a Generation 1918-1940, and the novels Ask Alice, At the Chime of a City Clock and, most recently, Derby Day.

"An accomplished, responsible, imaginative reconstruction of life, and of a life. Thackeray has come home" -- Victoria Glendinning Spectator "Wonderful... An outstanding biography. It is unlikely there will be a better one for years to come" -- Kathryn Hughes Mail on Sunday "A compelling biography... Taylor succeeds always in evoking a rich sense of context...without losing the narrative momentum" -- Michael Slater New Statesman "A richly detailed book... Taylor writes with verve and affection and is shrewdly perceptive" -- John Carey Sunday Times "Outstanding... On every page there is evidence of a formidable critical and imaginative intelligence at work... A splendid book" -- Frank McLynn Evening Standard