The Personal History of Samuel Johnson. - Hardcover

Christopher Hibbert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060118792 ISBN 13: 9780060118792

Publisher: Harper & Row, 1971

Synopsis

Using material from Boswell's private papers, which he felt unable to divulge, this is a minutely-detailed portrait of Samuel Johnson, the father of English letters. It ranges from the eccentric schoolboy in Lichfield, to the Grub Street hack, and finally to the legendary figure of Fleet Street.

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About the Author:

Christopher Hibbert was born in 1924 and educated at Radley and Oriel College, Oxford. He served as an infantry officer during the war, was twice wounded and was awarded the MC in 1945. Described as in the New Statesman as 'a pearl of biographers', he is, in the words of the Times Literary Supplement, 'perhaps the most gifted popular historian we have. His much acclaimed books include The Destruction of Lord Raglan (which won the Heinemann Award for Literature in 1962); Benito Mussolini; Garibaldi and his Enemies; London- The Biography of a City; The English; A Social History, 1066-1945; Nelson- A Personal History; and Wellington- A Personal History. Chrisopher Hibbert is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Literature and an honorary Doctor of Letters of Leicester University. He was elected President of the Johnson Society in 1980. He is married with two sons and a daughter, and lives in Henley-on-Thames.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0060118792
• ISBN 13: 9780060118792
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1