Horace Walpole

by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis

Book Overview

An illuminating biographical study of the eighteenth-century English man of letters and patron of the arts

Horace Walpole (1717-1797) was a collector, printer, novelist, arbiter of taste, and renowned writer of letters. In this book, eminent scholar Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis provides an unprecedented look at the life and work of one of England's greatest men of letters. Lewis sheds light on Walpole's relationships with his family and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691252068
• ISBN13: 9780691252063
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 9.9"