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Facts and inventions : selections from the journalism of James Boswell /

James Boswell (1740-1795), best known as the biographer of Samuel Johnson, was also a lawyer, journalist, diarist and an insightful chronicler of a pivotal epoch in Western history. This fascinating collection, edited by Paul Tankard, presents a generous and varied selection of Boswell's journa...

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Main Author:	Boswell, James, 1740-1795 (Author)
Other Authors:	Tankard, Paul (Editor), Marr, Lisa, 1966- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2014]
Subjects:	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers. HISTORY / Essays. HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century.

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