Walpole by John Morley audiobook.

Genre: biography

John Morley turns his sharp, humane intelligence to the life of Horace Walpole - Whig politician, tireless letter-writer, connoisseur, and the restless wit who helped define the tone of 18th-century English society. Moving between Parliament and drawing room, Morley follows Walpole as he navigates patronage and party intrigue, cultivates a reputation for brilliant observation, and builds Strawberry Hill, the fanciful villa that mirrors his taste for the theatrical and the antique. Along the way, Morley explores the friendships and rivalries that shaped Walpole's world, the moral compromises of fashionable politics, and the private anxieties behind a public pose of amused detachment. Walpole emerges as both witness and participant: a man who records his age with unmatched sparkle even as he struggles to commit himself to anything beyond style, caution, and control. Rich in historical atmosphere and literary insight, this is a portrait of personality set against a Britain of empire, scandal, and change - and a study of how wit can illuminate a century while also shielding a life.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:32:41) Chapter 02

(01:18:11) Chapter 03

(01:58:40) Chapter 04

(02:48:05) Chapter 05

(03:24:54) Chapter 06

(04:35:12) Chapter 07

(05:02:43) Chapter 08

(05:31:07) Chapter 09

(06:04:47) Chapter 10

(06:37:38) Chapter 11

(07:22:57) Chapter 12

(07:49:08) Chapter 13

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