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Banker Poet
Martin Blocksidge
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Description for Banker Poet
Hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 744.
Samuel Rogers was arguably the most widely read poet of the early nineteenth century. He was also a prominent figure in the literary and cultural life of London and owned one of the largest private art collections of his day. He was well known to at least three generations of celebrated figures, ranging from John Wilkes and Dr. Burney, through Wordsworth, Scott and Byron, to Tennyson, Dickens and Ruskin. He was also associated with other prominent national figures such as Charles James Fox, Joseph Priestley, Lord Holland, and the Duke of Wellington. Known throughout his life (not always sympathetically) as ... Read more
Samuel Rogers was arguably the most widely read poet of the early nineteenth century. He was also a prominent figure in the literary and cultural life of London and owned one of the largest private art collections of his day. He was well known to at least three generations of celebrated figures, ranging from John Wilkes and Dr. Burney, through Wordsworth, Scott and Byron, to Tennyson, Dickens and Ruskin. He was also associated with other prominent national figures such as Charles James Fox, Joseph Priestley, Lord Holland, and the Duke of Wellington. Known throughout his life (not always sympathetically) as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845195809
SKU
V9781845195809
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About Martin Blocksidge
Martin Blocksidge is a freelance author and biographer. His most recent work, The Banker Poet: The Rise and Fall of Samuel Rogers, 1763-1855, followed A Life Lived Quickly: Arthur Hallam and his Legend, described in the Times Literary Supplement as 'scrupulously fair-minded . . . balanced and believable'. Martin Blocksidge was Head of English at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, ... Read more
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