CASSOCKED SAVAGE. THE LIFE OF PATRICK BRONTË - Tecno-Libro

Patrick Brontë., father of the famous sisters, was of lowly irish birth. His father was kidnapped and became a slave. Pat s dad survived, married and Patrick was born. He had 9 younger siblings. He lived in a two-roomed cottage and from these humble origins became an amazing teacher then won a scholarship to Cambridge graduating with honours. A priest in the Church of England, Brontë. fathered six children, three of whom Charlotte, Emily and Anne became famous novelists. Their novels remain hugely popular today. But Patrick copped a bad press. He asked the novelist Elizabeth Gaskell to write a biography about his daughter Charlotte. in her book, Mrs Gaskell gave Patrick a hard time. So hard that critics inferred he was a cassocked savage and a mad dog who should be shot . Really? Biographers and publishers pushed the Gaskell line. Patrick s evil reputation was set in cemetery stone. But not any more. Now his life-sto