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Nine mystery tales starring lexicographer Dr. Samuel Johnson in "the finest series of historical detective stories ever written" (Ellery Queen). For over two hundred years, devotees of English literature have lost themselves in James Boswell's Life of Johnson, a biography of the great eighteenth-century thinker and writer, chronicling everything from kitchen chemistry experiments to tackling a pickpocket to his legendary investigation of the Cock Lane ghost. But Dr. Sam Johnson was more than a great thinker--he was also a talented sleuth. From the chilling affair of the waxwork cadaver to the thrilling search for the stolen seal of England, the nine cases in this volume show Johnson at his very best--using his legendary intellect to apprehend the worst killers and thieves the era had to offer. Written by Lillian de la Torre, a mystery author with "a finely tuned ear for eighteenth-century prose," these charming stories are so believable, so perfectly in keeping with the Dr. Johnson we know and love, it's hard to believe they aren't true (TheNew York Times). … (mais)
Written in the language used in the 18th century, Dr. Sam:Johnson is a Sherlock Holmes type person, except that he actually existed. He was a brilliant man and created the first global dictionary. The fictional cases depicted are solved by Johnson based on careful consideration of the thinkings of the man. Much like Holmes' Watson, Boswell records the meanderings of Johnson. ( )
Dela Torre was one of the pioneers of the historical mystery and obviously has great fun writing not only her stories but her dedication in high 18th century style. feels much more authentic than many later historical mysteries. ( )
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DEDICATION to G.S.M., Esq:
Sir,
Pray accept my Book; being, tho' not first publish'd, yet my first Fruits; and no less yours, than she by whom 'twas writ. 'Tis fit, that my Tales of Dr. Sam: Johnson be address'd to him, of whom I first learned to love that great Humanist; by whom, my Invention was corrected and better'd; and in whom, his Virtues live: to enumerate which were tædious; yet cannot I forbear adverting to his Warmth in Friendship, his Courage in Infirmity, his domestick Tenderness; his steady common Sense, his ever refresh'd Curiousity, his catholick Learning; his purging Laughter, and his humane Wisdom. All which, redivivus, you have these fourteen Years past display'd at large to,
Sir,
Your oblig'd and admiring Servant,
LILLIAN DE LA TORRE
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
DR. CLARKE, Successor to Mrs. Salmon, and Worker in Wax to Surgeons' Hall, displays Mrs. Salmon's famous WAX-WORKS new-furgish'd:
INCLUDING The Royal Off Spring: Or, the Maid's tragedy Represented in Wax Work, with many Moving Figures and these Histories Following.
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Six of the nine tales first saw the light under his cordial sponsorship in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
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Nine mystery tales starring lexicographer Dr. Samuel Johnson in "the finest series of historical detective stories ever written" (Ellery Queen). For over two hundred years, devotees of English literature have lost themselves in James Boswell's Life of Johnson, a biography of the great eighteenth-century thinker and writer, chronicling everything from kitchen chemistry experiments to tackling a pickpocket to his legendary investigation of the Cock Lane ghost. But Dr. Sam Johnson was more than a great thinker--he was also a talented sleuth. From the chilling affair of the waxwork cadaver to the thrilling search for the stolen seal of England, the nine cases in this volume show Johnson at his very best--using his legendary intellect to apprehend the worst killers and thieves the era had to offer. Written by Lillian de la Torre, a mystery author with "a finely tuned ear for eighteenth-century prose," these charming stories are so believable, so perfectly in keeping with the Dr. Johnson we know and love, it's hard to believe they aren't true (TheNew York Times).
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