Review of Brian Robins, The John Marsh Journals: The Life and Times of a Gentleman Composer (1752-1828)

From time to time a major new source comes to light with
the potential to transform radically our understanding of
the life and times of the author. Such was the case, for
example, with the manuscript autobiography of the
English lutenist and composer Thomas Whythorne
(1528-96), discovered in 1955, or the diaries of Anne Lister
(1791-1840), heiress of Shibden Hall in Halifax, which were
drawn to national attention in 1984...