Blazing Star
The Life and Times of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
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Publisher Description
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.
GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2014
July 3
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
408
Pages
PUBLISHER
Head of Zeus
SELLER
Bookwire Gesellschaft zum Vertrieb digitaler Medien mbH
SIZE
12.9
MB