H.G. – the history of Mr Wells – Michael Foot

Rather than a straightforward biography, this concentrates on two important strands of Wells’ life; his socialist though and his relationships with women.

On the former, it was a relief to have accusations of racism well and truly quashed. In fact he was a highly progressive socialist, with an unsurprising facility to predict future events with great acuity.

On the latter, he both professed and enacted a form of free love predicated on mutual respect with a series of highly impressive women.