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Blazing Star

Blazing Star

The Life and Times of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

by Alexander Larman
Hardback
Publication Date: 03/07/2014

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He was 'THE WICKEDEST MAN ALIVE'.

He went to Oxford University at the age of 12.
He slept with his first prostitute at 13.
He was an alcoholic by 14.
He was imprisoned in the Tower at 18.
He was acclaimed a war hero at 19.
He died of syphilis at the age of 33.

He was English history's first celebrity.

He was John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester: Poet, dandy and libertine.

BLAZING STAR is a compelling portrait of a remarkable and complex man, and of a cultural golden age that often spilled over into depravity.
ISBN:
9781781851098
9781781851098
Category:
Biography: historical
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
03-07-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
408
Dimensions (mm):
234x153x38mm
Weight:
0.77kg
Alexander Larman

Alexander Larman is a historian and journalist.

He is the author of three previous acclaimed books of historical and literary biography.

He writes for the Times, Observer and Telegraph, as well as The Spectator and The Critic. He lives in Oxford.

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