General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order Volume 5 - Softcover

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William Nicholson is a screenwriter, playwright, television writer, and novelist. In addition to his Academy Award nominated screenplays for "Shadowlands" and "Gladiator", he is the author of "Motherland"; several young adult and fantasy novels; and a sequence of contemporary adult novels set in England. He lives in Sussex, England.

William R. Johnston is Associate Director and Curator of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art at The Walters Art Museum.