The story of how a group of precocious young artists shook up the British art establishment, told through their works, letters and diaries.

A very handsome illustrated history of the linked lives and loves of a group of supremely talented artists of late Victorian Britain through their passionate writings. The artistic aspirations and achievements of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood as revealed alongside the interwoven dramas of their personal lives, in letters, diaries and reminiscences, while their genius is displayed in vivid paintings, drawings, designs and poems They shared tragedy as well as happiness, critical hostility as well as success, even the griefs of infidelity and discord.