Prince of Dublin Printers: The Letters of George Faulkner - Paperback

by Robert E. Ward (Author)

Here for the first time are gathered together the extant letters of George Faulkner, Irish printer in eighteenth-century Dublin. These firsthand accounts give an unprecedented view of Anglo-Irish social and political events, as well as a view of an Anglo-Irish printer-publisher at work. Faulkner discusses a wide range of subjects, including theatrical events, attacks on political enemies (he himself was often the subject of political attack), and London parties with Lord Chesterfield, Tobias Sm

Author Biography

Robert E. Ward is assistant professor of English at Western Kentucky University.