Desperate Romantics: The Private Lives of the Pre-Raphaelites

Desperate Romantics: The Private Lives of the Pre-Raphaelites

Their Bohemian lifestyle and intertwined love affairs shockingly broke 19th Century class barriers and bent the rules that governed the roles of the sexes. They became defined by love triangles, playe…

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