The notorious Sir John Hill : the man destroyed by ambition in the era of celebrity / George Rousseau.

Bethlehem [Pa.] : Lehigh University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, [2012], ©2012.

xxxi, 391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"Co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. "--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The mountebank's road out -- Amidst the trees in Sussex -- Apothecary Hill, almost FRS -- Deranged by disappointment -- Three strikes in revenge -- Man of letters -- Puffing "Inspector Hill" -- The "lion" at the Bedford -- Riot in Ranelagh -- Hill and the "fame machine" -- Canning and marriage -- Philosophy and botany -- Botany and Bute -- Hill and Linnaeus -- The theatre too -- Annus mirabilis 1758-59 -- The final blow -- Knighthood and death -- Lady Hill persists -- Forgotten Hill -- Afterword: on the trail of John Hill.