Thomas Chatterton, The Marvelous Boy: The Story of a Strange Life 1752-1770

This biography is the result of 14 years of sympathetic study and research among all categories of material wherein could be turned up the slightest bit of information concerning this "literary forger" who committed suicide in his teens. "A biography of such remarkable merit, historical and critical, that it will instantly take a high place among the best productions of its class. One must turn many a page in many a book to find a finer, nobler piece of writing than Mr. Russell's preface and the book itself is in fitting sequence." - New York Times This title is cited and recommended by the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature.