Effie Gray, a beautiful and intelligent young socialite, rattled the foundations of England�� Victorian age. Married at nineteen to John Ruskin, the leading art critic of the time, she
found herself trapped in a loveless, unconsummated union after Ruskin rejected her on their wedding night. On a trip to Scotland she met John Everett Millais, Ruskin�� prot矇g矇, and fell
passionately in love with him. In a daring act, Effie left Ruskin, had their marriage annulled and entered into a long, happy marriage with Millais. Suzanne Fagence Cooper has gained
exclusive access to Effie�� previously unseen letters and diaries to tell the complete story of this scandalous love triangle. In Cooper�� hands, this passionate love story also becomes an
important new look at the work of both Ruskin and Millais with Effie emerging as a key figure in their artistic development. Effie is a heartbreakingly beautiful book about three
lives passionately entwined with some of the greatest paintings of the pre-Raphaelite period.
