Wits and Wives
Dr Johnson is often thought of as a strident, overbearing conversationalist, a man who famously asserted that ''Women have all the liberty they should wish to have''. But in this revealing book Kate Chisholm argues it is time to consider how Johnson lived his life, not just what he said. She proposes that the heart of the man, the truth of his character, can more clearly be seen via his many - clo...
Dr Johnson is often thought of as a strident, overbearing conversationalist, a man who famously asserted that ''Women have all the liberty they should wish to have''. But in this revealing book Kate Chisholm argues it is time to consider how Johnson lived his life, not just what he said. She proposes that the heart of the man, the truth of his character, can more clearly be seen via his many - clo...
