The Immortal Dinner
A Famous Evening of Genius and Laughter in Literary London, 1817
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2012
Summary
Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? This is the story of an infamous dinner in 1817 with John Keats, William Wordsworth and the essayist and wit Charles Lamb.
Between Christmas and new year of 1817 the eccentric painter, B.R. Haydon, gave a famous dinner party. His guests included three of the greatest literary stars of the age: the poets John Keats and William Wordsworth and the essayist and wit Charles Lamb. They recited poetry, took part in ridiculous antics, indulged …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099563723 |
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| ISBN-10: | 009956372X |
| Author: | Penelope Hughes-Hallett |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2012 |
| Weight: | 326g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A colourful portrait of a pivotal moment in England’s cultural and social history
A colourful portrait of a pivotal moment in England’s cultural and social history * Observer *
An absorbing account… a fascinating re-creation of an evening and a world * BBC History Magazine *
A book of great charm… [lets] the reader feel that he is present at the memorable occassion * Independent on Sunday *
Popular history at its most delicious * Economist *
The biographical equivalent of the world in a grain of sand… an interesting and erudite account of a wonderful evening – Peter Ackroyd * The Times *
One of those books that helped redefine popular history writing – Thomas Quinn * Big Issue *
charming group biography – Katie Owen * Daily Telegraph *
Enjoyable history…gives a wider picture of Regency society. A memorable evening, memorably evoked – Brandon Robshaw * Independent on Sunday *
Penelope Hughes-Hallett
Penelope Hughes-Hallett was born in 1927 and spent her childhood at Steventon, Hampshire, where Jane Austen was brought up. Her books include ‘My Dear Cassandra’: Illustrated Letters of Jane Austen and Home at Grasmere: The Wordsworths and the Lakes. She was a tutor and lecturer with the Open University, subsequently becoming one of its governors, a patron of the Wordsworth Trust and trustee of the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. She died in 2010.
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