About the Author
Richard Holmes lives in England.
Table of Contents
I. A Romantic Premontion Introduction
Thomas Chatteron
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. Shelleys Ghost
Introduction
Scropes 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
Voltaires Grin
VII. Homage to the Godfather
Introduction
Boswells Bicentenary
Boswell Among the Tulips
Dr. Johnsons First Cat