Anna Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz is Professor at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Artes Liberales of Warsaw University, and head of the Enlightenment Literature Department, Institute of Literary Research, Polish Academy of Sciences

'This Gulliverian perspective on late Enlightenment Europe and Regency Britain is thought-provoking. The critical biography, though brief, is exemplary and takes great care in the comparison and analysis of sources whilst remaining redolent with empathy. It illuminates the Memoirs in their context, while prompting wider reflection on the human condition and our own assumptions. One cannot but like the author of the Memoirs, Count Boruwlaski, "a Polish gentleman who happened to be of extraordinary short stature".' Richard Butterwick, University College London, UK 'This is an agreeable and entertaining story, handsomely produced and illustrated...' Times Literary Supplement 'It is hard to imagine that we will need another book-length study after Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz' exhaustive research. The book will be of interest to students of the culture of dwarfs and monsters, and to those of eighteenth-century aristocratic culture.' Sixteenth Century Journal

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Dwarf of the Salons; Chapter 2 An Involuntary Adventurer; Chapter 3 Józef BoruwÅ‚aski, Esq; Chapter 4 BoruwÅ‚aski's Two Guises; conclusion Conclusion;

Anna Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz is Professor at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Artes Liberales of Warsaw University, and head of the Enlightenment Literature Department, Institute of Literary Research, Polish Academy of Sciences

'This Gulliverian perspective on late Enlightenment Europe and Regency Britain is thought-provoking. The critical biography, though brief, is exemplary and takes great care in the comparison and analysis of sources whilst remaining redolent with empathy. It illuminates the Memoirs in their context, while prompting wider reflection on the human condition and our own assumptions. One cannot but like the author of the Memoirs, Count Boruwlaski, "a Polish gentleman who happened to be of extraordinary short stature".' Richard Butterwick, University College London, UK 'This is an agreeable and entertaining story, handsomely produced and illustrated...' Times Literary Supplement 'It is hard to imagine that we will need another book-length study after Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz' exhaustive research. The book will be of interest to students of the culture of dwarfs and monsters, and to those of eighteenth-century aristocratic culture.' Sixteenth Century Journal

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Dwarf of the Salons; Chapter 2 An Involuntary Adventurer; Chapter 3 Józef BoruwÅ‚aski, Esq; Chapter 4 BoruwÅ‚aski's Two Guises; conclusion Conclusion;

Anna Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz is Professor at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Artes Liberales of Warsaw University, and head of the Enlightenment Literature Department, Institute of Literary Research, Polish Academy of Sciences

'This Gulliverian perspective on late Enlightenment Europe and Regency Britain is thought-provoking. The critical biography, though brief, is exemplary and takes great care in the comparison and analysis of sources whilst remaining redolent with empathy. It illuminates the Memoirs in their context, while prompting wider reflection on the human condition and our own assumptions. One cannot but like the author of the Memoirs, Count Boruwlaski, "a Polish gentleman who happened to be of extraordinary short stature".' Richard Butterwick, University College London, UK 'This is an agreeable and entertaining story, handsomely produced and illustrated...' Times Literary Supplement 'It is hard to imagine that we will need another book-length study after Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz' exhaustive research. The book will be of interest to students of the culture of dwarfs and monsters, and to those of eighteenth-century aristocratic culture.' Sixteenth Century Journal

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Dwarf of the Salons; Chapter 2 An Involuntary Adventurer; Chapter 3 Józef BoruwÅ‚aski, Esq; Chapter 4 BoruwÅ‚aski's Two Guises; conclusion Conclusion;