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James Boswell died in 1795 believing he had touched and kissed a cache of Shakespeare's original letters and papers discovered by a Mr. Ireland. His friend, Edmond Malone, publicly exposed the lot as a forgery just a year later.

Biographies

James Boswell mentioned thousands of people in his extensive journals and other writings. Read about an ever increasing number of those people, and about their relationship with Boswell, in our biographies section.

Literature

In our literature section you can read about the numerous books published by Boswell in his own lifetime, and about more than 40 other books about or related to Boswell published since his death in 1795.

Everything James Boswell

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Normal topic	1857 letters to Temple by Georgiana » Jan 13, 2010	2	6,863	by Georgiana Mar 04, 2010
Normal topic	Boswell and Johnson: Different in a thousand complementary ways by thf1977 » Jul 23, 2010	0	12,645	by thf1977 Jul 27, 2010
Normal topic	Hello! Is anyone here? by Temple » Jan 05, 2010	2	3,628	by Anonymous (not verified) Sep 13, 2010
Normal topic	Descendants of James Boswell by Anonymous (not verified) » Jan 19, 2012	1	3,150	by thf1977 Jan 20, 2012
Normal topic	Boswell and Snuff by Anonymous (not verified) » Jan 19, 2012	1	5,316	by thf1977 Jan 24, 2012
Normal topic	Dumfries House any connections by Anonymous (not verified) » Feb 06, 2012	2	3,362	by Barry (not verified) Feb 08, 2012
Normal topic	Boswell and music by Bonnie Shaljean » Aug 02, 2011	5	5,765	by grf2012 (not verified) Feb 12, 2012
Normal topic	Boswell in Italian by Anonymous (not verified) » Feb 19, 2012	0	2,432	by Anonymous (not verified) Feb 19, 2012
Normal topic	Hey All by Anonymous (not verified) » Feb 28, 2012	0	2,215	by Anonymous (not verified) Feb 28, 2012
Normal topic	David Kennedy Culzean Castle by Anonymous (not verified) » Feb 11, 2012	5	5,261	by Barry (not verified) Mar 01, 2012
Normal topic	Welcome! by thf1977 » Dec 26, 2009	2	22,961	by thf1977 Apr 17, 2012
Normal topic	Boswell on "taste" by Anonymous (not verified) » May 13, 2012	1	2,737	by thf1977 May 13, 2012
Normal topic	Boswell in fiction by thf1977 » Jun 27, 2010	2	4,609	by Anonymous (not verified) Jul 16, 2012
Normal topic	Places Boswell stayed by Anonymous (not verified) » Oct 01, 2012	1	6,138	by Brian Connarty (not verified) Jan 13, 2013
Normal topic	Boswell societies? by bmcneil » Sep 08, 2011	2	5,060	by Carol Carr (not verified) Jan 31, 2013