Juliet's Fans (9)

Juliet Barker

Author profile

born

January 01, 1958 in Yorkshire, The United Kingdom

gender

female

website

http://julietbarker.co.uk/

genre

Biographies & Memoirs, History

influences

Charlotte Brontë

About this author

edit data

Juliet R. V. Barker (born 1958) is a British historian, specialising in the Middle Ages and literary biography. She is the author of a number of well-regarded works on the Brontës, William Wordsworth, and medieval tournaments. From 1983 to 1989 she was the curator and librarian of the Brontë Parsonage Museum.

Barker was educated at Bradford Girls' Grammar School and St Anne's College, Oxford, where she gained her doctorate in medieval history. In 1999 she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Bradford. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

combine editions
Books by Juliet Barker

Average rating: 4.09 · 814 ratings · 106 reviews · 21 distinct works

	The Brontës 4.16 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 1994 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England 3.97 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Brontës: A Life in Letters 4.26 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Conquest 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Wordsworth: A Life 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Tournament In England, 1100 1400 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:
	Violin Making: A Practical Guide 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Conquest: The English Kingdom of France 1417–1450 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	The Deafening Sound Of Silent Tears: The Story Of Caring For Life 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	My rating:
	Brontë Yearbook 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:

More books by Juliet Barker…

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

Quotes by Juliet Barker

“The first duty of an Author is --- I conceive --- a faithful allegiance to Truth and Nature; his second, such a conscientious study of Art as shall enable him to interpret eloquently and effectively the oracles delivered those two great deities.

--- Charlotte Bronte”
― Juliet Barker, The Brontës: A Life in Letters

tags: art , nature , truth , writing

1 person liked it

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
100+ Books in 2012: Alan's 2010 List	127	123	Dec 15, 2010 04:46am
Victorians!: Shay's List of Books That I Hope to Read- 2011	10	25	Dec 23, 2010 07:07am
The Next Best Boo...: Wuthering Heights - Spoilers	40	79	Mar 01, 2011 09:28pm
No Name Book Club : Jane Eyre Preface & Chapters 1-4	32	9	Mar 25, 2011 05:47am
Historical Fictio...: The Brontes	3	29	Apr 12, 2011 04:43pm
No Name Book Club : * Picking Our Books	90	16	Apr 14, 2011 03:29pm
The Readers Revie...: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte--Background Resources	65	74	Jun 23, 2011 10:24am
The Seasonal Read...: Fall Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!	2299	447	Nov 30, 2011 09:05pm
Around the World ...: France	12	70	Apr 03, 2012 10:18am

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Juliet to Goodreads.