Early ReviewersRobert Mighall

One of the leading figures of the English Romantic movement, and an inspiration to generations, John Keats is chiefly remembered for his immortal odes, with works such as ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, ‘To Autumn’ and ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ counting among the best-loved poems of all time. In this new biography, Robert Mighall charts the tragic but inspirational life of this brilliant poet, from being orphaned young, and bravely abandoning his medical career for poetry, his unkind treatment by the critics, to his tortured love for Fanny Brawne, and his untimely death at the age of twenty-five. Interspersed in his life story are extracts from Keats’s poems to offer a unique insight into both the man and his work.