Samuel Johnson

Peter Martin

RRP: £25.00

Publisher: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON

Publication Date : 31/07/2008

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

The first new biography of one of the great figures of English literature, Samuel Johnson, for over 30 years. Published in time for the 300th anniversary of Johnson's birth in 2009, it uses material unknown to previous biographers. Martin is also the author of "A Life Of James Boswell", which was highly acclaimed.

Publisher's description:

The first new biography for a generation of one of the great figures of English literature

ISBN: 9780297607199