- Publisher: Notting Hill
- Year: 2011
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 178pp
- Illustrated: No
- Dimensions: 188x120mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.2kg
- ISBN: 9781907903366
- Product code: 506621
Table Talk & Recollections
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Although a prolific poet, Samuel Rogers (1763–1855) is remembered for his talent as ‘a recorder of things said by wise, witty contemporaries’. This selection comprises his notes on eight famous men, including Edmund Burke, Talleyrand and the Duke of Wellington.
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A poet and banker who knew everybody, Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) was a brilliant recorder of things said by his famous and powerful contemporaries, from Edmund Burke to Talleyrand, from Charles James Fox to the Duke of Wellington. He was all ears, very good at hearing what was said, and assiduous about recording it in a kind of laconic shorthand. Originally published in the 1830s, but not edited since then, his energetic, entertaining, and occasionally eye-popping "table-talk" gives phenomenal texture to our understanding of Regency high life. Reading it is like eavesdropping on the past. Introduced by the distinguished literary critic Professor Christopher Ricks.
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Although a prolific poet, Samuel Rogers (1763–1855) is remembered for his talent as ‘a recorder of things said by wise, witty contemporaries’. This selection comprises his notes on eight famous men, including Edmund Burke, Talleyrand and the Duke of Wellington.
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Ed. Christopher Ricks, Samuel Rogers
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188x120mm
Notting Hill
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Hardback
Literature & Poetry
