Book of the week: The Young H.G. Wells by Claire Tomalin

Tomalin’s ‘compulsively readable’ book shows how Wells became the ‘great prophet of the modern age’

H.G. Wells in 1939
H.G. Wells in 1939
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Kate Lister’s 2020 book, A Curious History of Sex and her website Whores of Yore established her as an irreverent and outspoken authority on the subject, said Gerard DeGroot in The Times. Her new tome is “a more serious book about the history of sex for sale”.

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