{"product_id":"the-club-leo-damrosch-9780300251784","title":"The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story of the group of extraordinary eighteenth-century writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavern\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the 10 Best Books of 2019 by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e - A \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2019 - A \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2019\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Damrosch brings the Club's redoubtable personalities--the brilliant minds, the jousting wits, the tender camaraderie--to vivid life.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Magnificently entertaining.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk's Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James Boswell. It was known simply as \"the Club.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this captivating book, Leo Damrosch brings alive a brilliant, competitive, and eccentric cast of characters. With the friendship of the \"odd couple\" Samuel Johnson and James Boswell at the heart of his narrative, Damrosch conjures up the precarious, exciting, and often brutal world of late eighteenth-century Britain. This is the story of an extraordinary group of people whose ideas helped to shape their age, and our own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo Damrosch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300251785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300251784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.40d","brand":"Leo Damrosch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050995085567,"sku":"9780300251784","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dcab79cc-d1e9-4b46-9ec6-b1ec2c440e9b.jpg?v=1685010466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-club-leo-damrosch-9780300251784","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}