First ever biography of Elizabeth Branwell, aunt and second mother to the Bront s.
A biography of Elizabeth Branwell, who was the aunt of the Brontë sisters and performed a maternal role following the death of the Brontë sisters' mother. Traces Elizabeth's influence on the Brontë sisters' lives and work, and tracks down the closest living relatives of the Brontë sisters to follow the trajectory of the Branwell/Brontë line as fully as possible.