Maybe the Mill biography?

[sawyl]

I think I might add Richard Reeves' biography John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand to my Christmas wishlist, although at thirty quid I think it's a bit extravagant — I'm all for cheap symbolic presents, if only because they tend to be smaller and lighter, and I have to be able to carry everything back on the train. Actually, now that I think about it, it'll probably be a whole lot easier to wait for the paperback...