A Life of James Boswell

A Life of James Boswell

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This moving biography reassesses James Boswell's achievements and uncovers the breadth of his world. Peter Martin dispels the notion that Boswell's masterly Life of Johnson was an accidental work of genius, and shows that Boswell was a writer of the highest order and a complex, troubled, but ultimately appealing man.

Author: Peter Martin
Format: Hardback, 613 pages, 166mm x 241mm, 1061 g
Published: 2000, Yale University Press, United States
Genre: Biography: Literary

Vendor: Secondhand Stock
SKU: 9780300084894-SECONDHAND
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This moving biography reassesses James Boswell's achievements and uncovers the breadth of his world. Peter Martin dispels the notion that Boswell's masterly Life of Johnson was an accidental work of genius, and shows that Boswell was a writer of the highest order and a complex, troubled, but ultimately appealing man.