Simon Winchester is the author of Atlantic, The Professor and the Madman, The Map that Changed the World, and A Crack in the Edge of the World, all of which have been New York Times bestsellers. In recognition of his accomplished body of work, Winchester was made Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2006. He lives in Manhattan and western Massachusetts.
"As usual with Winchester, well-founded, witty and perceptive."
--Kirkus
"Mr. Winchester's elegantly written study provides a balanced,
sympathetic portrait of a complex and gifted man." -- Wall Street
Journal
"What Winchester offers that is new, largely, is a detailed
explanation the nascent field of amateur Victorian photography. He
meticulously tracks Dodgson's 1856 purchase of his first
mahogany-and-brass folding camera. He carefully works through the
history of the development of the camera, and explains the
difference between the daguerreotype, the calotype, and the
wet-plate collodion that Dodgson relied on." --Marjorie Kehe, The
Christian Science
Monitor
"In this very slim volume--a nice break, for history lovers, from
the trend toward doorstop-sized commitments--Winchester sketches
both Dodgson's life and a bit of Alice's, along with illuminating
digressions into the history of photography." --Kate Tuttle, The
Boston Globe
"Winchester provides a new perspective on the shy bachelor who
wrote one of the world's most famous children's stories, while
questioning the most recent scholarship that neglects the role of
photography in Dodgson's life. An important addition to the
burgeoning collection of Dodgson scholarship, this book will appeal
to scholars and general readers and is recommended to all."
--Library Journal
"With remarkable clarity and eloquence, Winchester uses this
photograph as the focal point for an examination of the man behind
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." --Financial Times
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