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A Traitor's Kiss: The Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1751–1816

Fintan O'Toole

This is a biography of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the author of The School for Scandal and The Rival. He was the quintessential dramatist-entrepreneur, an 18th-century wit and man about town, and one of the foremost politicians in Britain - an unthinkable combination today.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographyLiterary Biography

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Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyMajor1998FinalistSecondary source
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