Publisher's Synopsis
The Wings of Icarus, Being the Life of One Emilia Fletcher, is an epistolary novel of a young heiress written by the daughter of the noted pre-Raphaelite painter of classical themes, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. The book was published as part of a series written at the end of the 19th Century, "Pioneer Tales," which also included The Green Carnation, by Robert Hichens, a thinly-veiled send-up of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas's ill-fated relationship. Born in 1865 to Lawrence Alma-Tadema and his first wife, Pauline, Laurense Alma-Tadema wrote a number of books between 1890 and 1905, among them, Love's Martyr, The Crucifix, Realms of Unknown Kings, Songs of Womanhood, Four Plays, The Meaning of Happiness, and A Few Lyrics. She died in 1940.
