Fortune and Men's Eyes: The Career of John Payne Collier by

ISBN: 0192122312

Author: GANZEL, Dewey

Condition: new

Examines Collier's life and the calamity which overtook it. It describes his career as journalist, editor, and scholar, and his friendships and quarrels over a period of seventy years. In particular, it investigates the British Museum 'Inquisition' which precipitated the accusations agains him and it pieces together the true story from hiterto ignored documents and unpublished journals and correspondence.