Boswelliana: The Commonplace Book of James Boswell, with a Memoir and Annotations, provides readers with a unique insight into the mind of the renowned biographer and diarist, James Boswell.

This book tells what family, friends, rivals, critics, and satirists thought of the man who produced notable works.

Writer, rake, wit, traveler, and man-about-town, Boswell went everywhere, knew everyone, and never missed an opportunity to enjoy himself. His journals are compulsively self-revealing.

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