Through the prisms of memory and art, award-winning author John Spurling reimagines the tumultuous period of the Glorious Revolution and brings to life historical figures Dryden, Vanbrugh, Swift, Pope and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu as never before.
This book, originally published in 1983, begins with an analysis of the patterns of Graham Greene’s mind. It explores the way the patterns are modified from the political thrillers of the... Læs mere