Moral Desperado by Simon Heffer

Moral Desperado by Simon Heffer

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When he died in 1881, Carlyle was the most influential man of letters of his day. This biography reassesses and analyzes all of Carlyle's main works and essays, his influence on Victorian culture and ideas, and his relationship with the leading literary figures of the time.

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Moral Desperado by Simon Heffer

In this major new biography of the Victorian writer and prophet,Simon Heffer reassesses and analyses all Carlyle's main works and essays,his influence on Victorian culture and ideas,and his relationship with the leading literary figures of his day-Dickens,Tennyson,Browning and Matthew Arnold.
Simon Heffer was born in 1960 and educated at King Edward VI School, Chelmsford, and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he read English. He is now a political columnist with the Daily Mail and has previously been political editor of The Spectator and deputy editor of the Daily Telegraph.
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ISBN 13 9781857994469
ISBN 10 1857994469
Title Moral Desperado
Author Simon Heffer
Series Phoenix Giants S
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1996-05-06
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