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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Pimlico
Published: 05 Mar 1998
ISBN 10: 0712673970
ISBN 13: 9780712673976