Thomas Leland | |
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 Thomas Hickey, Portrait de Thomas Leland, Dublin, Galerie nationale d'Irlande. | |
| Born | 1722  |
| Died | 1785 (aged 62–63) |
Thomas Leland (1722–1785) was an Irish Anglican priest, a historian, translator and academic and the author of the early gothic novel Longsword, Earl of Salisbury: An Historical Romance, published in 1762.[1][2] Longsword is set in Gascony and in England, during the reign of Henry III of England.[3]
- ^ Leland, Thomas. Longsword, Earl of Salisbury: An Historical Romance, London, W. Johnston, 1762
- ^ Power, Albert. "Thomas Leland (1722-1785)", The Green Book: Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature, no. 13, 2019, pp. 14–20. JSTOR
- ^ Fiona Price, Reinventing Liberty: Nation, Commerce and the British Historical Novel from Walpole to Scott. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2016. ISBN 9781474402972 (p.28)