Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022. A standout scholar, a sparkling and very modern biography of John Donne: the poet of love, sex, and death.

'Masterly.' Observer

'Wonderful, joyous.' Maggie O'Farrell

'Frankly brilliant.' Sunday Times

'Unmissable.' Simon Jenkins

'Every page sparkles.' Claire Tomalin

'A triumph.' Matt Haig

'Stylish, scholarly and gripping.' Rose Tremain

John Donne lived myriad lives. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity p...

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