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Dr. Johnson's "Own Dear Master"
Lee Morgan
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Description for Dr. Johnson's "Own Dear Master"
Hardback. In this biography, Lee Morgan tells the story of Henry Thrale, a successful but flawed and troubled businessman and Member of Parliament who was at the center of the life of the most famous man of letters of the eighteenth century, Dr. Samuel Johnson. Num Pages: 304 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
In this biography, Lee Morgan tells the story of Henry Thrale, a successful but flawed and troubled businessman and Member of Parliament who was at the center of the life of the most famous man of letters of the eighteenth century, Dr. Samuel Johnson. Thrale was also married to an exceptionally talented diarist and, perhaps, the most brilliant society leader of the period, Hester Salusbury Thrale, later Mrs. Gabriel Piozzi. In chronicling both the domestic life and the career of Thrale, Dr. Johnson's "Own Dear Master" also affords an interesting glimpse of eighteenth-century business, political, and social life ... Read more
In this biography, Lee Morgan tells the story of Henry Thrale, a successful but flawed and troubled businessman and Member of Parliament who was at the center of the life of the most famous man of letters of the eighteenth century, Dr. Samuel Johnson. Thrale was also married to an exceptionally talented diarist and, perhaps, the most brilliant society leader of the period, Hester Salusbury Thrale, later Mrs. Gabriel Piozzi. In chronicling both the domestic life and the career of Thrale, Dr. Johnson's "Own Dear Master" also affords an interesting glimpse of eighteenth-century business, political, and social life ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761810308
SKU
V9780761810308
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About Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan is Emeritus Professor of English at Centenary College of Louisiana.
Reviews for Dr. Johnson's "Own Dear Master"
Lee Morgan, in full and interesting manner, relates all the various facets of Henry's character and behaviour...
Richard Thrale
The New Rambler
Morgan tells Thrale's story in a direct and graceful style...provides welcome insights into the social, political and financial contexts of Dr. Johnson's life.
Shreveport Times
Richard Thrale
The New Rambler
Morgan tells Thrale's story in a direct and graceful style...provides welcome insights into the social, political and financial contexts of Dr. Johnson's life.
Shreveport Times