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Cover

Title Page

Prologue

I A Romantic Premonition

Introduction

Thomas Chatterton

II Lost in France

Introduction

Monsieur Nadar

Gautier In London

Poor Pierrot

Inside The Tower

III Five Gothic Shadows

Introduction

The Singular Affair Of The Reverend Mr Barham

The Reverend Maturin And Mr Melmoth

M. R. James And Others

John Stuart Mill

Lord Lisle And The Tudor Nixon Tapes

IV A Philosophical Love Story

Introduction

The Feminist And The Philosopher: A Love Story

V Shelley’s Ghost

Introduction

Scrope’s Last Throw

To The Tempest Given

VI Escapes to Paris

Introduction

Scott And Zelda: One Last Trip

A Summer With The Novelist

Letters From Paris

Voltaire’s Grin

VII Homage to the Godfather

Introduction

Boswell’s Bicentenary

Boswell Among The Tulips

Dr Johnson’s First Cat

Acknowledgements

Index

About the Author

Also By Richard Holmes

Praise

Copyright

About the Publisher