The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age

by Leo Damrosch

Book Overview

Named one of the 10 Best Books of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review

"Damrosch brings the Club's redoubtable personalities -- the brilliant minds, the jousting wits, the tender camaraderie -- to vivid life..."--The New York Times Book Review

In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk's Head Tavern...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300217900
• ISBN13: 9780300217902
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"