860 pages, cloth, dj, very good. From the publisher: look up any memorable English speaking figure, past or present, in these pages and you will find fresh (and fascinating) light on the subject. Here is a unique reference work in which we discover what has been said about the families and infamous by their friends and enemies, by their critics and admirers. Here we see how the mighty looked to their generous and malicious contemporaries, and to those who lived after them; how one artist judged another; how the celebrated regarded themselves.

DICTIONARY BIOGRAPHICAL QUOTATION BRITISH AMERICAN SUBJECTS FAMOUS QUOTES SR2824