EMMA DARWIN: THE INSPIRATIONAL WIFE OF A GENIUS

PART OF THE PATTERN: MEMOIRS OF A WIFE AT WESTMINSTER

Edna Healey has been married to Denis for over sixty years, and has seen parliamentery life from power and opposition. She herself forged a career as a writer, lecturer and broadcaster, but also steadfastly supported Denis and his political career.

WIVES OF FAME

Portraits of three very different Victorian women, all of whom married men of exceptional talent, energy and genius. To be the wife of such frenetic, explosive characters as David Livingstone, Karl Marx or Charles Darwin, especially at this period in history, demanded rare qualities.