A Genius for Failure: The Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon

by Paul O'Keeffe

A vivid and compelling biography of Benjamin Robert Haydon--historical painter, polemicist, diarist, friend of the famous, and genius Haydon's first attempt at suicide ended when the low caliber bullet fired from his pistol fractured his skull but failed to penetrate his brain. His second attempt also failed: a deep slash across his throat left a large pool of blood at the entrance to his studio, but he was still able to reach his easel on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0224062476
• ISBN13: 9780224062473
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Bodley Head
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"