Christopher Hibbert

Broschiertes Buch

Samuel Johnson

A Personal History

Foreword by Henry Hitchings

Beschreibung

Christopher Hibbert draws on every known contemporary source to provide a minutely detailed look of the fascinating writer Samuel Johnson.

Autor

Christopher Hibbert was born in 1924 and educated at Radley and Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of many highly acclaimed books, including Disraeli, Edward VII, George VI, The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici; The English: A Social History; and Cavaliers and Roundheads. Henry Hitchings is the critically acclaimed author of The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English and Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson's Dictionary. Educated at the universities of Oxford and London, he has contributed to many newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, The Financial Times, and the Times Literary Supplement

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 343g
• ISBN-13: 9780230614277
• ISBN-10: 0230614272
• Artikelnr.: 25930717