Boswell's Life of Johnson

Book • 1791

Mentioned by

Recommended by

Walter Russell Mead

as a book with amazing table talk.

Mentioned by

Rory Sutherland

to illustrate how people in 18th century London would shout abuse from riverboats due to anonymity.

Mentioned by

Peter Moore

as the greatest biography of all time.

Mentioned by

Adam Gopnik

while discussing the lack of curiosity about the makers of the English Revolution.

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