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Product DescriptionFormat: HardcoverPublished: August 31, 2006 Publisher: HarperCollins Canada Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell. We all know him as the inventor of the telephone, a white-bearded figure in the photographs taken near the end of his days when he became the ubiquitous “Father of Telephony.” But the young Alex Bell was a passionate and wild-eyed genius, a man given to fits of brilliance and melancholy. He loved, above all, to invent—well beyond the telephone, his technologies for photo phones, tetrahedral, flying machines and hydro domes laid the groundwork for future achievement. And he loved his wife, Mabel, the beautiful but deaf young woman from a blue blood Boston family, who became the mainstay of this eccentric inventor and a far greater influence on his life than previously considered. In this elegant and richly detailed biography, Gray goes where no other writer has gone, delving deeply into Bell’s personality to discover why he left the intellectual stimulation of mid-century Edinburgh; why he married a woman so different from his own temperament and background; and why he shunned wealth and fame, becoming a spectator on the industry he had spawned. Moving from the sooty streets of Edinburgh to the stifling parlours of Boston society to the isolated beauty of Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Reluctant Genius takes us on an intimate journey into the golden age of invention. Impeccably researched and written with Gray’s unerring eye for fascinating personal and historical detail, Reluctant Genius is a vibrant story of a man whose life and work echo hugely with us today. ABOUT THE AUTHOR CHARLOTE GRAY is one of our pre-eminent biographers. Her #1 bestseller, Flint & Feather, won the 2002 UBC Medal for Canadian Biography and the Drummer General’s Award. She is also the author of the multi-award-winning books Sisters in the Wilderness and Mrs. King. A graduate of Oxford University and a recipient of the Pierre Berton Award from Canada’s National History Society, Charlotte Gray lives in Ottawa. Find out why we love this member... |
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