The Brontë sisters are, next to Dickens, the most celebrated novelists of the nineteenth century, and even today, Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights are widely, and even passionately, read. In Brian Wilks’s book, the sisters, their brother Branwell, and their father Patrick are portrayed with remarkable clarity. The author paints a vivid picture from when Patrick meets his short-lived wife, Maria. Their courtship and love for each other is detailed along with their move to the village of Haworth., where Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne were born.