Author: Merdant, Robert
Biography:
MERDANT, Robert (fl 1810)
The name “Robert Merdant, Esq.” certainly appears as author on the title-page of Country People, printed in Liverpool in 1810. According to a statement following the title, “This volume is not offered for sale, but may be procured of the author’s friends.” The puzzle is that no man of that name occurs in any contemporary public records—births, marriages, deaths, lists of university graduates, or newspaper announcements. The usual explanations of pseudonym, misprint (Merchant?), or misspelling are on the face of it unlikely. No other works are attributed to him. HJ
Books written (1):
Liverpool: printed for the author by Thos. Kaye, 1810