Boswell's London journal, 1762-3

By James Boswell

Subjects: Scottish Authors, Diaries

Description: Published for the first time in 1950, this "lost" classic sets forth the events of nine momentous months in the life of the 22-year-old James Boswell, later to become the biographer of Samuel Johnson. It is an account of Boswell's personal struggle for independence from his family, and for self-preservation ...