- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd; First Edition edition (12 Sep 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0719556198
- ISBN-13: 978-0719556197
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.4 x 3.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,197,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this study of Horace Walpole, the author portrays a picture of his life and motivation. It shows that despite Horace's connection, Walpole was a sexual and social outsider whose talents as intriguer and publicist were used to serve his own agenda.
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Timothy Mowl is an architectural and landscape historian based at the University of Bristol. His many books include the following being reissued in Faber Finds: Stylistic Cold Wars: Betjeman versus Pevsner, Horace Walpole and William Beckford. He is currently researching and writing a nationwide series of the historic landscapes and gardens of England.
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