Dobson follows Horace Walpole from his boyhood as the youngest son of the Prime Minister, through Eton, Cambridge and the Grand Tour, to his long reign at Strawberry Hill. He covers the private press, the Gothic villa, The Castle of Otranto, Walpole’s politics and friendships, and his Paris evenings with Madame du Deffand, and appends a list of Strawberry Hill imprints.
A graceful biography of the eighteenth century’s great gossip and letter-writer, ideal for Georgian enthusiasts. Download the free EPUB.