MR FOOTE'S OTHER LEG by Ian Kelly ( 9780330517843 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

MR FOOTE'S OTHER LEG
COMEDY, TRAGEDY AND MURDER IN GEORGIAN LONDON

By:

Ian Kelly

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0330517848

ISBN 13:

9780330517843

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Publisher:

PAN MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

28 May, 2013

Edition:

Main Market Ed.

Pages:

480

Synopsis:

In 1776 Foote's was the most talked-of name in the English-speaking world. By 1777 it was almost unmentionable. Samuel Foote, friend of David Garrick and Dr Johnson, is the greatest lost figure of the eighteenth century; his story defies belief and has only been forgotten for reasons both laughable and shocking. Foote wrote the first true-crime bestseller, was the first celebrity impressionist and lost his leg after a bet with the Duke of York when a practical joke went disastrously wrong. Out of this was born the most singular career in stage history. In this unique biography not only does award-winning historian Ian Kelly uncover the tragicomic tale of this Oscar Wilde of the eighteenth century, but he tells the story of the first media storm and the first victim of celebrity culture, and offers a joyous hop around the mad theatre of London life - high and low.

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Picador

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