Clement Shorter, who acquired the private letters and papers Borrow left to his stepdaughter, retells the life of the eccentric Norfolk linguist and wanderer. He covers Borrow’s militia-officer father and wandering childhood, the Norwich of the Gurneys and Taylors, his work as a Bible Society agent in Russia and Spain, and the making of The Bible in Spain, The Zincali and Lavengro.
A well-documented biography for readers already under the spell of Borrow’s gypsy books. Download the free EPUB.