"If you love good roads, conveniences, good inns, plenty of postilions and horses, be so kind as to never go into Sussex. We thought ourselves in the… - Achille Vicart

"If you love good roads, conveniences, good inns, plenty of postilions and horses, be so kind as to never go into Sussex. We thought ourselves in the northest part of England; the whole country has a Saxon air, and the inhabitants are savage."

- To George Montagu, Esq., August 26, 1749

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Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), more commonly known as Horace Walpole, was a British politician and writer, noted for his collected letters and for having written the first Gothic horror novel, The Castle of Otranto (1764).

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Native Name: Horace Walpole
Alternative Names: Sir Horace Walpole Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford Onuphrio Muralto Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford Horatio Walpole
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