Sir Christopher Frayling is perhaps the most wide-ranging cultural historian of our times: the author of numerous publications on subjects ranging from vampires to Westerns; the writer and presenter of successful television series, whether on advertising, the Middle Ages or Tutankhamun. He is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, and was Rector of the Royal College of Art, London, from 1996 to 2009, where he remains Professor Emeritus of Cultural History. His many public appointments have included Chairman of Arts Council England; Chairman of the Design Council; and the longest-serving Trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Charmingly illustrated history of one of the best-loved and
best-titled poems.-- "Entertainment Weekly"
Frayling's essays add scholarly gravity balanced with a true love
of the literature of Walpole, Gray, Johnson, and their
contemporaries. Each set of illustrations emphasizes different
aspects of the brief, clever, and charming poem with whimsical
drawings and lively characterizations.-- "Bloomsbury Review"
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