Lewis Carroll

Charlie Lovett is New York Times best-selling author of five novels, including The Enigma Affair and The Bookman's Tale, in addition to numerous works of Lewis Carroll scholarship.

Much has been written about the life, times and writings of the author whom the world knows as 'Lewis Carroll'. Charlie Lovett provides a new, compelling and long-overdue portrait drawn from the very particular perspective of the man behind the Carrollian pseudonym: the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. This intimate account of Dodgson's deeply held Christian beliefs and his personal spiritual journey from baptism to burial uniquely takes the reader to the very heart and soul of the creator of Wonderland and the world beyond the Looking-glass. --Brian Sibley, President, Lewis Carroll Society This astonishing work will stand the test of time as the definitive work on Carroll and religion, hitherto a relatively neglected prime element in understanding the man who gave the world Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and much more. Lovett, a gifted storyteller and writer as well as a renowned Carroll collector and scholar, uses comprehensive primary research that is fresh and revealing to make a compelling case for the presence of Christian faith in nearly everything Carroll thought, did and wrote, from poetry to novels to letters and essays. A wonderful and in-depth travel guide to Victorian religion and the driving beliefs that shaped this increasingly important artist's being. --Edward Guiliano, author of Lewis Carroll: The Worlds of His Alices Until now there has not been an in-depth study of the religious aspects of Lewis Carroll's life, an important feature of Carroll's story that has been neglected for far too long. Lovett's book contains a great deal that is new, including much that has been overlooked by other researchers, and will be essential reading. --Edward Wakeling, former chairman, Lewis Carroll Society, author of Lewis Carroll: The Man and His Circle