A Richmond historian uses the storyteller’s licence to fill in the shadowy record of Poe’s life: his adoption by the Allans, his years in Virginia and Baltimore, his struggles as an editor and his loves. Stanard keeps close to known facts while dramatising scenes such as his meeting with John Pendleton Kennedy.
A sympathetic, readable portrait for Poe admirers who want the man as well as the legend. Download the free EPUB.