Robert Louis Stevenson: A Biography (Text Only Edition)
- ISBN-10
- 0007392591
- ISBN-13
- 9780007392599
- Series
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-09-27
- Publisher
- HarperCollins UK
- Author
- Claire Harman
Description
The most authoritative, comprehensive, perceptive biography of R. L. Stevenson to date, using for the first time his collected correspondence – which has been unavailable to all previous writers.
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