Letters of Horace Walpole
by Horace Walpole
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Publisher: London, G. Bell and sons, ltd. Publication date: 1914 Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.Tags
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Horace Walpole was born in London on September 24, 1717 and educated at Eton College and Kings College, Cambridge. Upon his return from college, Walpole was elected to Parliament and served until 1768. He was the youngest son of British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole. He was known as The Earl of Orford. Walpole opened a private press that show more published his own works and that of his friends. He is well known for his Gothic romance novel, The Castle of Otranto. Horace Walpole died in London on March 2, 1797, after which his title became extinct since he never married or had children. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- This work is for editions of Walpole's letters where it is unknown who selected the letters or edited them.
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- 928.2 — History & geography Biographies, Genealogy, Healdry Writers, Authors / Poets / Dramatists Writers in English
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- DA483 .W2 .A499 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History By period Modern, 1485-
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