Description: Daniel Lambert has been remembered for more than two hundred years as England's heaviest man, weighing in eventually at 52 stone 11 pounds. But he deserves to be remembered for much more than this. He had a great interest in field sports of all kinds and was highly respected for his knowledge and experience of breeding dogs and cockerels. For many years he was a benevolent keeper of the County Bridewell prison in Leicester, but when this closed in 1805 he became something of a recluse. He reluctantly decided that to provide a regular income he was going to have to exhibit himself in London and moved to 53 Piccadilly in April 1806. This proved to be a good decision, he was well received and had many hundreds of visitors from all levels of society, returning to Leicester later in the year a rich man. However, his corpulence finally took its toll and he died whilst visiting Stamford in June 1809. His Leicester friends paid for a gravestone there, the inscription referring to his 'exalted and convivial mind'. Perhaps surprisingly, this is one of the first books about the great man.
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Book Title: The the Daniel Lambert Picture Book: Daniel Lambert 1770-1809
Signed: No
Narrative Type: Non-Fiction
Item Length: 255mm
Original Language: English
Publisher: Artesius Publications
Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: First Edition
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Picture Book
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Era: 1800s
Item Height: 5mm
Author: Roger Street
Features: Illustrated
Time Period Manufactured: 1990-1999
Genre: Biographies & True Stories
Topic: Books
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Unit Quantity: 50
Item Width: 178mm
Item Weight: 233g
Number of Pages: 65 Pages
