L. B. Seeley weaves extracts from Walpole’s vast correspondence into a running life of the man. Here are Strawberry Hill and its collections, the private printing press, the sale of Sir Robert Walpole’s pictures, parliamentary gossip, Chatterton, friendships and decades of Georgian society reported with relish.
The easiest way into Walpole’s letters, which Scott and Byron both admired. Download the free EPUB.