Blazing Star: The Life and Times of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester - Rilegato

Larman, Alexander

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ISBN 10: 1781851093 ISBN 13: 9781781851098

Casa editrice: Head of Zeus, 2014

Riassunto

The scandalous life of England's most notorious libertine, the Earl of Rochester, portrayed by Johnny Depp inThe Libertine Restoration England witnessed an extraordinary flowering of literature, music, architecture, and science. At the center of the burgeoning cultural life of the age was John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. A peerlessly witty satirist, Rochester epitomized the manners of the court of Charles II. But he was also a libertine and drunkard, a writer of scandalously offensive poetry who got himself banned from court. Rochester died of syphilis at the age of just 33, leaving behind him a mystery as to the true nature of his character. This is a compelling portrait of a remarkable yet complex man and of a cultural golden age that often spilled over into depravity, and the only biography of the Earl to date to use the uncensored poetry.

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Recensione:

'Insightful and illuminating ... engagingly partisan and elegantly informative' The Times.
--The Times
'An informative and enlightening biography' The Sunday Times.
--The Sunday Times
'This racy tale is told in scholarly but lively detail by Alex Larman in a beautifully written first book' Daily Express. --Daily Express

L'autore:

Alex Larman is a freelance journalist who has written for the Guardian, theNew Statesman, the Observer, and the Times Literary Supplement.

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• Editore: Head of Zeus
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1781851093
• ISBN 13: 9781781851098
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 408