Mr Foote's Other Leg: Comedy, Tragedy and Murder in Georgian London by Ian Kelly, Ian Kelly

Mr Foote's Other Leg: Comedy, Tragedy and Murder in Georgian London

Ian Kelly, Ian Kelly

482 pages first pub 2012 (view editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime informative medium-paced
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In 1776 Foote's was the most talked-of name in the English-speaking world. By 1777 it was almost unmentionable. Samuel Foote, friend of David Garrick and Dr Johnson, is the greatest lost figure of the eighteenth century; his story defies belief an...

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