King of Chaos - The Strange Lives of Samuel Johnson

06/14/22 • 12 min

The figure of Samuel Johnson serves to both intrigue and fascinate, but so little of his story has been properly examined that ultimately he is little understood beyond triviality. Seeking to address that balance by casting a light across the life of one of the most remarkable and bizarre characters in all of Cheshire history, we discover that sometimes the truth really is stranger than fiction.
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The Local Mythstorian Podcast - King of Chaos - The Strange Lives of Samuel Johnson

Transcript

Taken from Mythstoric Origins: Exploring the Extraordinary Local Histories Behind the Legends and Folklore of East Cheshire, Peak District Derbyshire and the Staffordshire Moorlands by Eli Lewis-Lycett (Available via Amazon)<