The Club
Leo Damrosch
Prize-winning biographer Leo Damrosch tells the story of “the Club,” a group of extraordinary writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavern
In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk’s Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James Boswell. It was known simply as “the Club.”
In this captivating book, Leo Damrosch brings alive a brilliant, competitive, and eccentric cast of characters. With the friendship of the “odd couple” Samuel Johnson and James Boswell at the heart of his narrative, Damrosch conjures up the precarious, exciting, and often brutal world of late eighteenth-century Britain. This is the story of an extraordinary group of people whose ideas helped to shape their age—and our own.
Duration - 15h 1m.
Author - Leo Damrosch.
Narrator - Simon Vance.
Published Date - Wednesday, 21 January 2026.
Copyright - © 2019 Leo Damrosch ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Prize-winning biographer Leo Damrosch tells the story of “the Club,” a group of extraordinary writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavern In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk’s Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James Boswell. It was known simply as “the Club.” In this captivating book, Leo Damrosch brings alive a brilliant, competitive, and eccentric cast of characters. With the friendship of the “odd couple” Samuel Johnson and James Boswell at the heart of his narrative, Damrosch conjures up the precarious, exciting, and often brutal world of late eighteenth-century Britain. This is the story of an extraordinary group of people whose ideas helped to shape their age—and our own. Duration - 15h 1m. Author - Leo Damrosch. Narrator - Simon Vance. Published Date - Wednesday, 21 January 2026. Copyright - © 2019 Leo Damrosch ©.
Language:
English
Prologue
Duration:00:24:50
Chapter 1
Duration:00:56:10
Chapter 2
Duration:00:30:53
Chapter 3
Duration:00:50:10
Chapter 4
Duration:00:43:42
Chapter 5
Duration:00:29:08
Chapter 6
Duration:00:44:13
Chapter 7
Duration:00:30:56
Chapter 8
Duration:00:30:32
Chapter 9
Duration:00:46:08
Chapter 10
Duration:00:41:46
Chapter 11
Duration:00:26:28
Chapter 12
Duration:00:52:27
Chapter 13
Duration:00:41:08
Chapter 14
Duration:00:50:19
Chapter 15
Duration:00:45:09
Chapter 16
Duration:00:51:34
Chapter 17
Duration:00:20:36
Chapter 18
Duration:00:34:25
Chapter 19
Duration:00:33:07
Chapter 20
Duration:00:48:15
Chapter 21
Duration:00:44:43
Epilogue
Duration:00:24:32