With colour reproductions of his designs and extracts from his poetry and prose, a biography of William Morris, looking at the man himself, his stormy friendships, his relationship with Jane Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his single-minded devotion to his work.

* A revealing study pf Morris in his friendships with Rosseti and Burne-Jones, and In his less than happy marriage to Jane Morris

* Detailed coverage of Morris's Achievement as a designer, and as the inspiration behind the Arts and Crafts movement