{"product_id":"9780006394761","title":"Reluctant Genius","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eReluctant Genius\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Charlotte Gray\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eImpeccably researched, and written with Charlotte Gray’s unerring eye for personal and historical detail, \u003cem\u003eReluctant Genius\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of a man very different from his public image. Most of us think of Alexander Graham Bell as a white-bearded sage, but the young A lec Bell was a passionate and wild-eyed genius, a man given to fits of brilliance and melancholy. His technologies for photophones, tetrahedrals, flying machines and hydrodomes laid the groundwork for future achievement. And he adored his wife, Mabel, a beautiful, deaf young woman from a blueblood Boston family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGray goes where no other writer has gone, delving deeply into Bell’s personality and into his intense relationship with Mabel, whose background and temperament were a startling contrast to his own. \u003cem\u003eReluctant Genius\u003c\/em\u003e takes us on an intimate journey into the golden age of invention and the vibrant life of a man whose work shaped our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780006394761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Phyllis Bruce Books Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41089172340942,"sku":"9780006394761","price":17.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780006394761","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}