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A Boswell of Baghdad, With Diversions is a book written by Edward Verrall Lucas in 1917. The book is a collection of essays and sketches that chronicle the author's experiences as a journalist in Baghdad during World War I. Lucas provides a vivid and detailed account of life... Read Full Overview

"A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions" from E. V. Lucas. Famous English humorist, essayist, playwright, biographer, publisher, poet, novelist, short story writer (1868-1938).

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A curious and very entertaining work lies before me, or, to be more accurate, ramparts me, for it is in four ponderous volumes, capable, each, even in less powerful hands than those ofthe Great Lexicographer, of felling a bookseller. At these volumes I have been sipping, beelike,... Read Full Overview

A curious and very entertaining work lies before me, or, to be more accurate, ramparts me, for it is in four ponderous volumes, capable, each, even in less powerful hands than those ofthe Great Lexicographer, of felling a bookseller. At these volumes I have been sipping, beelike,... Read Full Overview

Edward Verrall Lucas, CH (11/12 June 1868 - 26 June 1938) was an English humorist, essayist, playwright, biographer, publisher, poet, novelist, short story writer and editor.Born to a Quaker family on the fringes of London, Lucas began work at the age of sixteen, apprenticed... Read Full Overview

A curious and very entertaining work lies before me, or, to be more accurate, ramparts me, for it is in four ponderous volumes, capable, each, even in less powerful hands than those ofthe Great Lexicographer, of felling a bookseller. At these volumes I have been sipping, beelike,... Read Full Overview

A curious and very entertaining work lies before me, or, to be more accurate, ramparts me, for it is in four ponderous volumes, capable, each, even in less powerful hands than those ofthe Great Lexicographer, of felling a bookseller. At these volumes I have been sipping, beelike,... Read Full Overview

Edward Verrall Lucas, CH (11/12 June 1868 - 26 June 1938) was an English humorist, essayist, playwright, biographer, publisher, poet, novelist, short story writer and editor. Born to a Quaker family in Eltham, on the fringes of London, Lucas began work at the age of sixteen,... Read Full Overview