Lord Rochester's monkey

Being the Life of John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester

by Graham Greene

1974 231 pages eng

"John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester (1647-1680), was the most notorious of the Restoration rakes. He was also a fine lyrical and satirical poet whose work---in Graham Greene's opinion--has been underestimated because it was overshadowed by his life of lechery and drunkenness, wild pranks and prac…