Repeat: Years later, Henry described movingly how his normally reserved father had broken down in tears at the news of his award and told him: ‘God bless you, my boy.’ Sadly, Dickens didn’t live to see whether his investment had paid off as he died in 1870, aged 58.
Years later, Henry described movingly how his normally reserved father had broken down in tears at the news of his award and told him: ‘God bless you, my boy.’ Sadly, Dickens didn’t live to see whether his investment had paid off as he died in 1870, aged 58.