A critical biography of Jonathan Swift & a history of the times in which he lived, together with the background of his major literary works. Illus.

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This book faces squarely the likelihood that Swift had a physical affair with Esther Vanhomrigh between 1719 and 1723, and reassesses in the light of that likelihood his conflicting relations with Esther Vanhomrigh and Esther Johnson.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.