Boswell's Edinburgh Journals by James Boswell

Boswell's Edinburgh Journals by James Boswell

Boswell's diaries, written while he was a practising advocate in Edinburgh, describe the high and low life of the Scottish capital. James Boswell's diaries, written while he was practising as an advocate in Edinburgh between 1767 and 1786, provide a vivid picture of the high and low life of the Scottish capital. A friend of philosophers like David Hume and Adam Smith, Boswell also mixed with the criminal classes, was a prodigious drinker and frequented the town's brothels. Each day he wrote down all that he had done and seen with complete frankness.

James Boswell was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson, Life of Samuel Johnson. Hugh Milne studied Law at the University of Edinburgh and has been employed as a solicitor since admission in 1977. He has spent many years researching the background to Boswell's Edinburgh Journals. He is married with two daughters.

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ISBN 13	9781841830209
ISBN 10	1841830208
Title	Boswell's Edinburgh Journals
Author	James Boswell
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Mercat Press
Year published	2002-08-30
Number of pages	576
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