David Ellis has put a lifetimes thinking into this concise work. Artfully combining details of Lawrences biography with acute comments on his writings, it will prove essential reading both for students and for all those already familiar with Lawrences work. * John Worthen, Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham, and author of D. H. Lawrence: The Life of an Outsider * Being wholly on top of the vast body of relevant Lawrence scholarship never stops David Elliss narrative from feeling beautifully paced and clear. His account of D. H. Lawrences rich and controversial life and writing is deeply insightful, judicious and at times leavened with a wonderful wry humour. * Howard J. Booth, Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, and editor of New D. H. Lawrence * As brief and headlong as the life it describes, this biography distils a lifetimes worth of reflection. Linking the works to the life as closely as they variously demand, it is as perceptive as confident in its judgments, and as much a gift to those who have lived with Lawrence for years as to those to whom this passionate genius is a recent revelation. * Catherine Brown, Vice-President of the D. H. Lawrence Society *
