Lynn Reid Banks

Lynn Reid Banks was a writer and playwright, who died recently. She wrote 2 books about the Brontes, ficitionalised biographies called Dark Quartet and Path to the Silent Country. The first book covers the Brontes' lives from childhood until the siblings died. The second one covers the last few years of her life, covering her time as a famous author, her marriage to Arthur Nicholls and her sad tragically early death. I like the second novel better, as it is pleasant to read of Charlotte's brief period of being famous and her having a more social life than before and her short but happy marriage to Arthur. She was desperately depressed at the deaths of her siblings within a few months of each other, first Branwell dying of drink related problems and TB. Emily caught a cold at his funeral and went into what was called Galloping Consumption. M/F