June 2018 Issue Christopher Hart What the Doctor Ordered The World in Thirty-Eight Chapters or Dr Johnson’s Guide to Life By Henry Hitchings LR
January 1991 Issue Alan Bell Earned His Pension A Dictionary of the English Language (2 Vols) By Samuel Johnson LR
June 2015 Issue Freya Johnston The Son He Never Had The Fortunes of Francis Barber: The True Story of the Jamaican Slave Who Became Samuel Johnson’s Heir By Michael Bundock LR
November 2008 Issue Claire Harman The Best of Friends Hester: The Remarkable Life of Dr Johnson’s ‘Dear Mistress’ By Ian McIntyre LR
April 2005 Issue Nicholas Bagnall More than Words Dr Johnson’s Dictionary: The Extraordinary Story of the Book that Defined the World By Henry Hitchings LR
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