The Strawberry Hill Set - Horace Walpole and His Circle

Informationen zum Autor Brian Fothergill (1921 - 1990) was a biographer who had a particular empathy for those on the margins of history. Faber Finds are reissuing are reissuing a number of his titles - The Strawberry Hill Set , The Mitred Earl , Nicholas Wiseman and The Cardinal King . Klappentext To Horace Walpole's house at Strawberry Hill! came a remarkable assortment of poets and writers! artists and antiquaries! politicians and society figures. Among them were Thomas Gray! whose great "Elegy" might never have been published without Walpole's encouragement. In this book! he emerges gradually but clearly through the eyes of his friends. Zusammenfassung To Horace Walpole's house at Strawberry Hill, in Twickenham, came a remarkable assortment of poets and writers, artists and antiquaries, politicians and society figures. If I'm still alive I'll be glad to see him and if I'm dead he'll be glad to see me.' The most fascinating member of this circle was Horace Walpole himself.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Brian Fothergill, Fothergill Brian
• Con la collaborazione di: Bria Fothergill (Editore), Brian Fothergill (Editore)
• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.09.2009
• EAN: 9780571254170
• ISBN: 978-0-571-25417-0
• Pagine: 286
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 216 mm x 21 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Saggistica > Storia > Biografie, autobiografie; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Politics & government, Politics and government, Biography: historical, political and military, Artists; Faber Finds; Intellectuals; Writers