Institute of Historical Research Book: Charles Dickens: A Life Claire Tomalin London, Penguin, 2011, ISBN: 9780141036939; 576pp.; Price: £9.99 Reviewer: Daniel Snowman Citation: Daniel Snowman, review of INTERVIEW: Claire Tomalin talks to Daniel Snowman, (review no. 1602) DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/1602 Date accessed: 24 April, 2017 In the latest of our occasional Reviews in History podcast series, Daniel Snowman talks to Claire Tomalin about her work as a historical biographer. Claire Tomalin (born Claire Delavenay on 20 June 1933) is an English author and journalist, known for her biographies on Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Samuel Pepys, Jane Austen, and Mary Wollstonecraft. Daniel Snowman is a writer, lecturer and broadcaster on social and cultural history. Full version of the interview. Reviews in History