Hieroglyphic Tales, and Other Writings

Six tales printed at Strawberry Hill in an edition of six copies and described by their author as nonsense written for his own amusement — and with them, Walpole setting out to prove that Richard the Third did not murder his nephews, working from the rolls and chronicles an antiquary had at hand, an argument every Ricardian since has reopened; and a hoax letter announcing the discovery of giants i...