Samuel Johnson A Personal History Author:Christopher Hibbert Christopher Hibbert draws on every known contemporary source to provide a minutely detailed look at the fascinating writer Samuel Johnson. Using facts and anecdotes, Hibbert delivers intimate glimpses into Johnson?s time as a schoolboy, his eccentricities as an undergraduate at Oxford, his struggle as a poor writer in London, and his slow rise t... more »o the legendary figure with a court of admirers and a steady stream of visitors. Hibbert combines personal stories with an examination Johnson?s writing, offering a compelling and readable account.« less